Americans Express Support for Traditional Public Schools In New Poll, Even As Trump Disparages Them

The Washington Post

“According to a new national survey … a majority of public school parents give higher grades – A’s and B’s – to the traditional public schools in their neighborhoods than they have in years. A majority of Americans polled also said they oppose programs that use public money for private and religious school education, policies that are supported by President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos … DeVos has called the traditional public education system a ‘dead end,’ and Trump has repeatedly disparaged public schools as ‘failing’ … the proportion of Americans who give their community’s public schools an A grade is at its highest in more than 40 years.”

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