Tim Scott calls for 'empowering parents' through school choice policies

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) touted school choice as a policy of “empowering parents” and reflected on his own relationship with his mother in a Thursday op-ed published by the Washington Examiner.

“Parents are consistently conscious of the examples they set for their kids,” the junior senator from the Palmetto State wrote. “Their role in education is undeniable. Without a strong, guiding hand from my mother, I would be the kid who flunked four classes his freshman year of high school and was then lost to the system instead of a United States Senator.”