President Trump made his first visit to a school as president on Friday, amid reports that he is planning an expensive and widespread federal school choice program. Instead, he spent the afternoon in a private Catholic school that participates in Florida’s tax credit scholarship program. This group, in turn, helps low-income kids attend private schools. He has signaled his support for such programs before, although it is unclear what a school choice initiative from his administration would look like. The school’s website says: “our goals are simple: College and Heaven.”While at the school, Trump highlighted Denisha Merriweather, a young woman who enrolled in a private school through Florida’s school choice program.

Source: Huffington Post March 04, 2017 00:33 UTC