{"id":2328122,"date":"2024-08-21T05:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-platform-claims-school-choice-uses-tax-dollars-to-discriminate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T05:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:39:14","slug":"democratic-platform-claims-school-choice-uses-tax-dollars-to-discriminate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-platform-claims-school-choice-uses-tax-dollars-to-discriminate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic platform claims school choice uses tax dollars to \u2018discriminate\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdemocratic-platform-claims-school-choice-uses-tax-dollars-to-discriminate-washington-examiner%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=2328122&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--><p>The Democratic Party&#8217;s 2024 election platform, recently \u2064ratified at their convention\u2064 in Chicago, opposes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-bidens-disgraceful-exploitation-of-the-tulsa-race-massacre\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: Biden\u2019s Disgraceful Exploitation Of The Tulsa Race Massacre\">school choice initiatives<\/a>, claiming they use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/delusions-of-progressive-resistance-in-pas-heartland\/\" title=\"Delusions Of Progressive \u2018Resistance\u2019 In PA\u2019s Heartland\">public tax dollars<\/a> to &#8220;discriminate.&#8221;\u2062 This stance \u2064is positioned against the backdrop \u2064of advocates for school choice who \u200bargue it allows \u2062children to escape failing educational institutions. The platform\u200d emphasizes\u200d loyalty to teachers&#8217; unions and seeks to implement controversial \u200bpolicies like\u2062 the Biden administration&#8217;s Title IX overhaul. Critics, including Michele\u200b Exner from Parents Defending Education, argue that the\u2064 Democratic policies have led to \u200dsignificant\u2064 educational challenges, including prolonged school closures and a decline in student proficiency. \u2062The Democrats&#8217;\u200c platform explicitly rejects private\u2063 school vouchers and other school choice methods, aligning with teachers\u2019\u200b unions that fear losing students to higher-performing schools. However, parental\u200b support for school choice has surged, particularly in response to perceived overreach\u200b in teaching \u200dgender ideology and critical race theory in public schools. \u2063The platform also\u2063 highlights substantial funding directed to public\u200b schools but is met with criticism regarding its effectiveness and the \u200bfocus \u200con non-academic expenditures. As funding levels are set\u200d to change post-pandemic, critics anticipate that Democrats will \u2063argue for sustained financial support for public education. Additionally, the platform proposes initiatives like universal free pre-K paid for through taxes, alongside \u200defforts to hire more counselors and social workers to address the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 \u2063pandemic.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democratic platform claims school choice uses tax dollars to &lsquo;discriminate&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1734825\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Democrats&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a> platform claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/school-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>school choice<\/a> initiatives use tax dollars to &ldquo;discriminate&rdquo; despite the fact that school choice proponents say expanding options helps children escape failing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>schools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Party members ratified their 2024 platform Monday in Chicago, where their nominating convention for president is taking place. The education portions of the master plan show fealty to teachers unions, a drive to force the Biden administration&rsquo;s controversial Title IX overhaul, and a push for gender ideology in schools.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is just meaningless word salad that conveniently ignores the destructive policies of the Biden-Harris-Cardona education platform American families have suffered through over the past four years,&rdquo; Michele Exner, senior adviser at Parents Defending Education, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;They partnered with teachers unions to keep schools closed for months, prioritized radical policies over the education of children, are attempting to force anti-girl policies in federally funded schools nationwide, and have done little to nothing to counter learning loss their own policies created. Not to mention, their wasteful government spending did little, if anything, to help schools, but did cause inflation which continues to crush families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The party&rsquo;s platform was ratified in Chicago, a city run by Democrats and where tax dollars pay a staggering $27,000 per student and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/chicago\/2024\/06\/13\/initial-state-test-scores-reading-math-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>very few students are testing at grade proficiency<\/a> for reading or math.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are standing firmly against school choice, saying they &ldquo;oppose the use of private-school vouchers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypocrisy-top-dems-including-biden-pelosi-oppose-school-choice-but-send-their-kids-to-private-school\/\" title=\"Hypocrisy: Top Dems Including Biden, Pelosi Oppose School Choice but Send Their Kids to Private School\">tuition tax credits<\/a>, opportunity scholarships&rdquo; and other forms of school choice because the party argues that &ldquo;public tax dollars should never be used to discriminate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Efforts against school choice are backed heavily by teachers unions, whose members in underperforming school districts stand to be negatively affected by parents removing their children in search of higher-performing schools.<\/p>\n<p>School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3123160\/school-choice-fights-land-state-ballots-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>choice initiatives<\/a> have become increasingly popular with parents, many of whom opposed the gender ideology and critical race theory they observed public schools teaching their children starting during the remote learning of the pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>In what appears to be another boon for the teachers unions, the Democratic platform mentions the billions of dollars pumped into public schools via the American Rescue Plan, which funded an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3059962\/emergency-school-funding-saw-slight-academic-recovery-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>underwhelming level of academic recovery<\/a>. That money did, however, go toward funding left-wing ideologies in K-12 classrooms, as well as nonacademic expenses such as gymnasium updates.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers unions and Democrats appear poised to maintain the outsize public school funding rather than go back to pre-pandemic levels. With the money running out in September, critics expect Democrats to claim that not maintaining emergency funding levels will mean schools are losing funding.<\/p>\n<p>Despite supporting many of the pandemic-related disruptions, Democrats also touted their push to hire 14,000 new counselors and social workers &ldquo;so kids can heal from the disruptions of COVID, and cope with the fear of gun violence in order to focus on learning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also seek to make universal pre-K &ldquo;free,&rdquo; meaning paid for with tax dollars, as well as trade school and community college, saying in their platform, &ldquo;Four year college is not the only pathway to a good career, so Democrats are investing in other forms of education as well, including career and technical education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The platform likewise doubles down on the Biden administration&rsquo;s multiple attempts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-secures-teachers-union-endorsements-by-aligning-with-left-wing-education-activism-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris secures teachers union endorsements by aligning with left-wing education activism - Washington Examiner\">student loan transfer schemes<\/a>, where the payment of loans for elite college degrees would be paid for by taxpayers who may not have even gone to college themselves. The Supreme Court already struck down one attempt at the transfer scheme, and the second attempt is currently being scrutinized by the courts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats also vow to maintain the Biden administration&rsquo;s controversial overhaul of Title IX, which redefined sex to include claims of transgender identity, which critics say will shut down private spaces for girls and boys to be separate, such as locker rooms and restrooms. The platform says Democrats want &ldquo;explicit protections for LGBTQI+ students&rdquo; under Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>That overhaul has been blocked by lower courts in numerous states that represent over half the country, which were all recently affirmed by the Supreme Court as litigation continues.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1734825\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1734825\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party&#8217;s 2024 election platform asserts that school choice programs utilize tax dollars to &#8220;discriminate,&#8221; even though advocates for school choice argue that these initiatives provide children with alternatives to underperforming schools. The party officially approved its platform on Monday in Chicago, coinciding with their presidential nominating convention. The education section of the platform shows strong support for teachers&#8217; unions, aims to implement the Biden administration&#8217;s contentious Title IX revisions, and promotes gender ideology in educational settings. Michele Exner, a senior adviser at Parents Defending Education, criticized the platform as &#8220;meaningless word salad&#8221; that overlooks the harmful effects of the Biden-Harris-Cardona education policies on American families over the past four years. She pointed out that these policies led to prolonged school closures in collaboration with teachers&#8217; unions and prioritized radical agendas over children&#8217;s education while failing to address learning loss caused by their own decisions. Additionally, she noted that government spending has not effectively supported schools and has contributed to inflation affecting families.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic platform was ratified in Chicago\u2014a city governed by Democrats where taxpayers spend an astonishing $27,000 per student yet many students struggle with reading and math proficiency. The party firmly opposes school choice options such as private-school vouchers and tuition tax credits, arguing that public funds should not be used for discriminatory practices. Teachers&#8217; unions heavily back this opposition since they are concerned about losing students from underperforming districts seeking better educational opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>School choice has gained traction among parents who have expressed discontent with gender ideology and critical race theory being taught during remote learning amid the pandemic. The Democratic platform also highlights funding from the American Rescue Plan aimed at public schools but notes it resulted in limited academic recovery while supporting leftist ideologies and non-academic projects like gym renovations.<\/p>\n<p>With funding set to expire in September, critics anticipate Democrats will argue against reducing emergency funding levels by claiming it would harm schools financially. Despite endorsing various pandemic-related measures, Democrats emphasize their initiative to hire 14,000 new counselors and social workers &#8220;to help kids recover from COVID disruptions&#8221; and deal with concerns about gun violence so they can concentrate on learning.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Democrats propose making universal pre-K free through taxpayer funding along with trade schools and community colleges\u2014stating there are multiple pathways to successful careers beyond a four-year college degree\u2014and plan further investment into career technical education.<\/p>\n<p>The party also reaffirms support for President Biden\u2019s attempts at student loan transfer schemes which would shift repayment responsibilities onto taxpayers who may not have attended college themselves; one such attempt was recently rejected by the Supreme Court while another is currently facing legal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Democrats commit to upholding Biden\u2019s controversial Title IX reforms which redefine sex based on transgender identity claims\u2014critics warn this could eliminate separate facilities for boys and girls like locker rooms or restrooms\u2014and seek explicit protections for LGBTQI+ students under Title IX despite ongoing legal battles against these changes across numerous states affirmed by recent Supreme Court rulings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2328123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-biden-dnc-platform-education-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38775,5102,38091,37179,32076],"class_list":["post-2328122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic-platform","tag-discrimination","tag-school-choice","tag-tax-dollars","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-biden-dnc-platform-education-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}