Trump trains his eyes on education as he hunts path to victory
President Trump sees two school issues as key to reelection, and after paying almost no attention to education for most of his presidency, he’s pushing both in negotiations over the next pandemic relief bill.
The president’s first priority is getting schools to reopen this fall, which he sees as central to economic recovery and getting parents back to work. Trump regularly tells advisers that he believes it is “totally safe” for children to return to school, a senior White House official said.
He is also newly focused on school choice policies, which let families use tax dollars for private school tuition. Aides see both as political winners with suburban women and, in the case of school choice, black voters, too.
On reopening, the White House pressure and pleas are being ignored by school districts across the country. Even in Trump-supporting counties, officials have continued to announce plans for remote education into the fall. Education decisions like this have long been under local control.
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