{"id":2002236,"date":"2023-08-16T09:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-coalition-launches-school-choice-ad-campaign-ahead-of-gop-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:15:39","slug":"education-coalition-launches-school-choice-ad-campaign-ahead-of-gop-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-coalition-launches-school-choice-ad-campaign-ahead-of-gop-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Education coalition launches ad campaign for school choice ahead of GOP debate."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feducation-coalition-launches-school-choice-ad-campaign-ahead-of-gop-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002236&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Education Advocacy Group Launches Campaign Ad in Support of Federal School Choice Legislation<\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-children-fully-indoctrinated-schools-have-a-new-target-parents\/\" title=\"With Children Fully Indoctrinated, Schools Have A New Target: Parents\">education advocacy group<\/a> is \u2064launching a campaign ad in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-coalition-launches-school-choice-ad-campaign-ahead-of-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Education coalition launches ad campaign for school choice ahead of GOP debate.\">federal school choice legislation ahead<\/a> of the Republican National Committee&#8217;s \u200cfirst presidential debate in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<h3>Invest in Education Coalition Pushes for Education Reform<\/h3>\n<p>The Invest in Education Coalition is pushing for 2024 Republican candidates to make \u2062 <strong>&#8220;education reform&#8221;<\/strong> in K-12 families a priority if they are elected president. The coalition is specifically pushing for the passage of the <strong>Educational Choice\u200d for Children Act<\/strong>, which funds a federal \u200dtax credit scholarship for students to cover expenses related \u2064to K-12 public and private education.<\/p>\n<h3>Up for Debate: \u2064Trump, DeSantis, and 2024 GOP Hopefuls&#8217; Stances on \u2062Education<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNow more than ever, empowering \u200bparents to \u2063ensure their children are getting the best education possible should be a top priority,\u201d \u200bsaid Anthony de Nicola, chairman of the Invest in Education Coalition. \u201cThis scholarship \u200btax credit will expand education freedom and \u200bopportunity for up to two million low- and \u200dmiddle-income students throughout the\u2062 nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 30-second \u2062ad will run in Wisconsin leading up\u2063 to the debate, where candidates will be grilled on a wide range of issues. &#8220;Education freedom\u2063 is vital to children. \u2063The past few years prove it,&#8221; the narrator of the ad\u2062 says. &#8220;Union bosses and bureaucrats are leaving too many kids behind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Parental Rights Movement Gains Popularity<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-2024-hopefuls-want-to-nix-the-department-of-education\/\" title=\"GOP 2024 contenders seek to abolish Education Department.\">parental rights \u2064movement<\/a> has grown in popularity in the United States after the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to move to\u200d online learning and as debates over what schools teach students regarding race, gender, and sexuality roiled the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the GOP candidates running for president and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have emphasized parental rights \u200dand school choice. The ECCA\u2064 currently has more than 100 House co-sponsors and more than two dozen\u2062 Senate co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Educational Choice for Children Act creates school choice scholarships without using tax dollars to directly empower parents\u2063 of \u200d2\u200d million children to get the education they deserve,&#8221; the narrator continues in the ad. &#8220;Here&#8217;s a message every Republican \u200dpresidential candidate \u200dshould \u2062embrace: Parents deserve a choice \u2062in education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Personal Story Highlights Importance of School Choice<\/h3>\n<p>Hera Varmah, a first-generation American daughter of a Jamaican mother and Liberian \u2064father,\u200b points \u200dto\u200d a tax credit scholarship that helped her\u2063 attend the Academy \u2064Prep Center of Tampa\u200d as \u2063important to her educational success.<\/p>\n<p>Varmah, who at one time \u2064struggled in\u2064 school, would go on to receive a bachelor\u2019s degree in food science and technology\u200d from \u200bFlorida A&#038;M University. Without her \u200dmother deciding that she \u200cand her 11 siblings needed access to better education beyond\u2063 public schools\u2062 and the Florida tax credit scholarship, Varmah said she may not have had the opportunities she received. Neither would \u2062her siblings, she said,\u200c four\u200b of whom are college graduates. Six are in university as of this\u200b year,\u200d and two are in high school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is just the right thing to\u2062 do. It&#8217;s\u200c not just good politics, this is good policy,&#8221; Varmah told the Washington Examiner about her support for the school choice\u2064 legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most important thing is that \u2064parents \u2062know their \u2064child best. Parents know how their\u200d children learn, and\u200c they&#8217;re the \u2064ones that\u2064 have been with them,&#8221; Varmah added. &#8220;And so, they\u200c should decide what school \u2062that\u200d their kids \u200cgo to.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>launching a campaign ad to support federal school choice legislation before the Republican National Committee&#8217;s first presidential debate. 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