With Election Decided, School Choice Advocates See Opportunities Ahead

Taxpayer-funded vouchers for private education or homeschooling is expected to remain a divisive issue.
With Election Decided, School Choice Advocates See Opportunities Ahead
Students leave an elementary school in Seattle on March 11, 2020. John Moore/Getty Images
Aaron Gifford
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A cast of well-known Democrats and Republicans is urging families to lobby their state and national leaders for universal school choice after President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.

“If ever there was a time to put parents in charge, it’s now,” Jeanne Allen, founder and CEO, Center for Education Reform’s (CER), said at a recent summit in Washington.

Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.