Joshua Roberts / ReutersDonald Trump’s first budget proposal is a nightmare for children. The budget would take a meat cleaver to public schools, and children with the greatest needs would suffer the greatest harm. Trump’s budget proposal also targets funding for community learning centers, like the Community Health Academy of the Heights in New York City, that wrap services for children and families around the school. Compare this with school voucher programs, which get a windfall in the budget despite reams of research showing their ineffectiveness. Indeed, it seems intended to do what DeVos did in Michigan: defund and destabilize public schools so parents feel the need to look elsewhere.

Source: Huffington Post April 16, 2017 05:01 UTC