WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday called for allowing military families to use federal funds to pay for private school or other educational services for their children. The idea is part of Trump administration’s focus on expanding school choice — alternatives to traditional public schools across the nation. Similar state programs let families pay for private school, private instruction, therapy for special needs students, textbooks and other services. Currently, there about 400,000 students in various private school choice programs nationwide, so the reform could potentially increase that number by nearly 25 per cent. Public school advocates are highly critical of DeVos and her school choice agenda, saying that it drains money and resources from public schools.

Source: National Post February 22, 2018 22:43 UTC