Trump's dismantling of Education Department gives states 'green light' to pursue voucher programs

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Trump's dismantling of Education Department gives states 'green light' to pursue voucher programs

A growing number of red states have expanded their school voucher programs in recent years, a trend that is likely to only spike further amid a push led by President Donald Trump’s administration to return education “back to the states.”Conservative education activists have long lauded such programs as a way to give greater control to parents and families. But public education advocates warn that the expansion of these voucher programs presents further risk to the broader school system as it faces peril from Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education.“Many states came into this administration with a track record of ..