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We're not talking enough about Trump's school choice successes

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01.02.2026

Minnesota has been getting most of the attention, so this is something you might have missed.

Last week was National School Choice Week, an annual celebration of how giving families choices for their kids’ education opens up all kinds of opportunities. Thanks to efforts at both the state and federal levels, more families than ever have access to public and private schools.

(Well, only those who believe that parents know what’s best for their own children celebrate these developments. So count out teachers union boss Randi Weingarten, who has devoted her life to limiting these choices and propping up the public school monopoly.)

On the campaign trail, then-candidate Donald Trump promised to do what he could to expand educational choices, and as president, he has delivered in the first full year of his second term. 

In a proclamation Jan. 28, Trump doubled down on this commitment: “My Administration is fighting every day to ensure that universal school choice is recognized as a right for every family. No student should ever be trapped in a failing school, and parents deserve more choices, not........

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