Trump touts what should be a bipartisan issue: School choice

Published February 5, 2020 3:25am ET



While President Trump went back and forth between politics and partisanship during his State of the Union speech, one subject he brought up should be bipartisan: school choice.

Two of Trump’s guests at the annual speech were Stephanie Davis and her daughter Janiyah. A fourth grade student, Janiyah is one of an estimated 50,000 students in Pennsylvania on the waiting list to receive tax credit scholarships, according to the White House. Because of school choice legislation that was vetoed in the state, thousands of children are stuck in schools that don’t work for them.

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