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Donald Trump Jr.'s call for school choice in context

  • Written by Kalpana Jain, Editor, Education, The Conversation
imageWhat's the evidence on school choice programs?Phil Roeder, CC BY

Speaking at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday evening, Donald Trump Jr. offered a harsh critique of the American education system:

“Our schools used to be an elevator to the middle class; now they’re stalled on the ground floor. They’re like Soviet-era...

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