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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe child Trump gave a scholarship to at SOTU already attends prestigious charter school
https://www.inquirer.com/news/donald-trump-school-choice-philadelphia-janiyah-davis-mast-charter-20200208.html
Trump used Philly girls story to attack failing government schools. But shes at one of the citys most desired charters.
by Maddie Hanna and Kristen A. Graham, Updated: February 7, 2020- 10:41 PM
President Donald Trump turned a Philadelphia fourth grader into a poster child for the school-choice movement Tuesday when he told the nation that thousands of students were trapped in failing government schools" and announced that the girl was at last getting a scholarship to attend the school of her choice.
But Janiyah Davis already attends one of the citys most sought-after charter schools, The Inquirer has learned. In September, months before she was an honored guest at Trumps State of the Union address, she entered Math, Science and Technology Community Charter School III.
MaST III opened in the fall in a gleaming facility on the site of the former Crown Cork & Seal headquarters in Northeast Philadelphia, part of a charter network so popular that the school received 6,500 applications for 100 seats next year. Like all charters, its independently run but funded by taxpayers meaning that Janiyah and the other 900 students at the school do not pay tuition.
How she landed in the audience during Trumps prime-time speech Tuesday remains a bit of a mystery even to Janiyahs mother, Stephanie Davis.
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Trump used Philly girls story to attack failing government schools. But shes at one of the citys most desired charters.
by Maddie Hanna and Kristen A. Graham, Updated: February 7, 2020- 10:41 PM
President Donald Trump turned a Philadelphia fourth grader into a poster child for the school-choice movement Tuesday when he told the nation that thousands of students were trapped in failing government schools" and announced that the girl was at last getting a scholarship to attend the school of her choice.
But Janiyah Davis already attends one of the citys most sought-after charter schools, The Inquirer has learned. In September, months before she was an honored guest at Trumps State of the Union address, she entered Math, Science and Technology Community Charter School III.
MaST III opened in the fall in a gleaming facility on the site of the former Crown Cork & Seal headquarters in Northeast Philadelphia, part of a charter network so popular that the school received 6,500 applications for 100 seats next year. Like all charters, its independently run but funded by taxpayers meaning that Janiyah and the other 900 students at the school do not pay tuition.
How she landed in the audience during Trumps prime-time speech Tuesday remains a bit of a mystery even to Janiyahs mother, Stephanie Davis.
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So, that was bullshit as well...
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The child Trump gave a scholarship to at SOTU already attends prestigious charter school (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
OP
I hate being this cynical, but I'm sure they called the school and specifically asked for...
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
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malaise
(268,968 posts)1. It's all bullshit with the
Con
dalton99a
(81,472 posts)2. Probably handpicked by DeVos
llmart
(15,536 posts)3. Despicable
Using a child as a pawn in their schemes is despicable, but of course I'm not surprised by anything they do. After all, they put children in cages and handed them an aluminum blanket.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)4. tRumpBullShit
crickets
(25,969 posts)5. Typical. nt
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)6. Do they vet anyone?
We all know the answer.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)7. I hate being this cynical, but I'm sure they called the school and specifically asked for...
...an African American child.