{"id":2396515,"date":"2025-01-29T12:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-sign-major-school-choice-executive-order-that-could-upend-the-public-school-system\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:42:41","slug":"trump-to-sign-major-school-choice-executive-order-that-could-upend-the-public-school-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-sign-major-school-choice-executive-order-that-could-upend-the-public-school-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to Sign Major School Choice Executive Order That Could Upend the Public School System"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ftrump-to-sign-major-school-choice-executive-order-that-could-upend-the-public-school-system%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=2396515&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 article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2062 plans to sign an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-led-states-sue-biden-admin-over-expansive-climate-order-targeting-trump-legacy\/\" title=\"Republican-Led States Sue Biden Admin Over Expansive Climate Order Targeting Trump Legacy\">executive order aimed<\/a> \u2062at promoting school choice in the United States. This initiative follows a series of executive \u200corders at the start of his term and is expected to allocate federal\u2064 funding towards empowering parents to choose schools for their children. Key components of\u200b the order include directing the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan for military families and prioritizing\u2062 school choice in grant programs \u2063through the Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this optimistic outlook, the \u200deducational landscape presents \u2062challenges, as statistics from the upcoming National Assessment of Educational Progress \u2062indicate meaningful literacy issues among students\u201440% \u2064of fourth-graders and 70% of eighth-graders not achieving reading \u200cproficiency. trump emphasizes the need\u2062 to improve education quality, arguing\u200d that funding should follow students rather than schools, which has raised concerns about government influence over private institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The overarching goal, \u2062as stated in Trump&#8217;s proposed \u2062order, is to provide\u200b every child with access to a quality education nonetheless\u2062 of their \u200bbackground, advocating for a foundational shift in the public education system to achieve better outcomes for future generations.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After an avalanche of executive orders to kick off his new term, President Donald Trump doesn&rsquo;t plan on stopping as he puts education in his sights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-federal-funding-school-choice-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> reported Tuesday that Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday that will allow federal funding to go towards school choice.<\/p>\n<p>CBS listed several aspects of the order, including directing Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-hegseth-spurns-biden-admins-woke-military-base-names-enters-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> to submit a plan for how military families can use available funds to send their children to schools they choose.<\/p>\n<p>It also directs the Department of Education to prioritize school choice with grant programs and instructs the Department of Human Services to help states determine how federal block grants can be used for faith-based schools.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113907637484810162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post published<\/a> on the social media platform  on Tuesday, Trump saluted Tennessee lawmakers for passing <a href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/news\/local\/2025-1-29-nashville-tennessee-gov-lees-school-voucher-bill-moves-swiftly-through-the-house-davidson-county-private-schools-debate-lawmakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporting school choice legislation<\/a>, and touted his own plans to improve education in the country.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113907637484810162\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is our goal to bring Education in the United States to the highest level, one that it has never attained before,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>If the National Assessment of Education Progress for 2024 is any indicator, there is a lot of work to do here.<\/p>\n<p>CBS stated this upcoming report will show 40 percent of fourth-graders aren&rsquo;t meeting reading levels.<\/p>\n<p>This is the highest percentage ever reported, according to CBS, while fourth-graders and eighth-graders are becoming less proficient in reading.<\/p>\n<p>A massive 70 percent of eighth-graders were not proficient in reading and even more, 72 percent, were not proficient in math, according to CBS.<\/p>\n<p>To provide a summary of the issue at play here, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-tries-slam-desantis-instead-accidentally-tweets-argument-school-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school choice<\/a> is parental choice.<\/p>\n<p>In an April 2023 primer on the issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/k12\/articles\/what-school-choice-is-and-how-it-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. News and World Report<\/a> quoted Amy Smith, interim dean of the school of education at Minnesota&rsquo;s University of St. Thomas, as giving the following definition:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At its core, school choice is really about parents and guardians having the ability to choose, regardless of how those options are funded.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Parents &mdash; ideally &mdash; want the best for their children. Sometimes that isn&rsquo;t what the state puts in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly from the NAEP&rsquo;s upcoming report, the next generation is not being equipped for the future.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump actually wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-muslim-americans-key-addition-maga-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make America great again<\/a>, the next generation needs the tools to achieve greatness.<\/p>\n<p>Apprehension over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">school choice partly stems<\/a> from a fear that the government will exert excessive influence over those schools wishing to receive funding, but funding should be tied to the student and what decision a family makes, not the school directly.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of other considerations that fuel this debate, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historian-who-accurately-predicted-4-decades-of-presidential-winners-offers-pick-for-trump-vs-harris\/\" title=\"Historian Who Accurately Predicted 4 Decades of Presidential Winners Offers Pick for Trump Vs. Harris\">numbers don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t lie. What we&rsquo;re doing now isn&rsquo;t working.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every child deserves the best education available, regardless of their zip code,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-previews-100-executive-orders-this-is-going-to-be-good\/\" title=\"Trump Previews 100 Executive Orders - This Is Going to Be Good\">planned executive order<\/a> states, according to CBS.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, for generations, our government-assigned education system has failed millions of parents, students and teachers. This executive order begins to rectify that wrong by opening up opportunities for students to attend the school that best fits their needs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, the public education system needs to be completely upended. Trump&rsquo;s planned executive order is a step in that direction.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<style> \t\t\t \t\t\t.insticator-unit.type-commenting{margin: 0 10px 25px 10px}@media screen and (max-width:1060px){#div-insticator-ad-cmt-1, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-2, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-3, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-4{margin: 0 auto 25px auto !important;}}#div-insticator-ad-cmt-1, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-2, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-3, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-4{height: 280px !important; width: 336px !important} \t\t<\/style>\n<div class=\"insticator-unit type-commenting\">\n<div class=\"insticator-ads\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\t\t\tif ( ! getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-1\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-2\"); \t\t\t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-1\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-2\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t<\/script> \t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"insticator-ads additional\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\t\t\tif ( ! getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-3\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-4\"); \t\t\t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-3\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-4\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t<\/script> \t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a flurry of executive orders at the start of his new term, President Donald Trump is set to focus on education. CBS News reported that he plans to sign an executive order allowing federal funds to support school choice. The order will instruct Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to create a plan for military families to utilize available funds for their preferred schools. It will also direct the Department of Education to prioritize school choice in grant programs and guide the Department of Human Services in helping states use federal block grants for faith-based schools. In a social media post, Trump praised Tennessee lawmakers for passing school choice legislation and shared his vision for enhancing education nationwide. He emphasized the goal of elevating U.S. education standards significantly, noting that upcoming assessments indicate substantial challenges, with 40% of fourth-graders not meeting reading proficiency levels\u2014the highest recorded rate\u2014alongside similar issues among eighth-graders in both reading and math.<\/p>\n<p>School choice fundamentally revolves around parental rights in selecting educational options regardless of funding sources. Parents aim for the best outcomes for their children, which may not always align with state offerings; current data suggests that students are not being adequately prepared for future success. Concerns about government influence over funded schools exist but should not overshadow the need for funding tied directly to student choices rather than specific institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The planned executive order asserts that every child deserves access to quality education irrespective of their location and acknowledges failures within the government-assigned educational system over generations. This initiative aims to provide more opportunities tailored to individual student needs, signaling a potential overhaul of public education as we know it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2396516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-executive-order-for-jan.-29-2025.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32911,49421,38091,3634],"class_list":["post-2396515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-executive-order","tag-public-education","tag-school-choice","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-executive-order-for-jan.-29-2025.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396515","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396515"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396519,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396515\/revisions\/2396519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}