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Trump orders Education, Labor and other departments to enhance school choice

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The president directed several departments to submit plans for using federal funds to expand school choice.

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  1. Trump signs executive orders on school choice and school funding, and combatting antisemitism

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    Trump orders Education, Labor and other departments to enhance school choice

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  1. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Trump signs executive orders on school choice and school funding, and combatting antisemitism (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Kaitlan Collins, Rene Marsh, Samantha Waldenberg and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on school

  2. The Hill

    Trump signs order to boost school choice programs (opens The Hill)

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    President Trump has signed an executive order freeing up federal funds for school choice programs and ordering the creation of guidance on how states can use federal money for K-12 scholarships. The signed order, previously confirmed by a White House official, says the Department of Education must p…

  3. The Hill

    Trump set to issue executive order boosting school choice programs (opens The Hill)

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    President Trump is expected to issue an executive order to boost school choice programs by freeing up federal government spending toward it, a White House official confirmed.

  4. CBS News

    Trump expected to sign executive order prioritizing federal funding for school choice programs (opens CBS News)

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    President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to prioritize and free up federal funding for school choice programs, CBS News has learned.

  5. UPI

    Trump expected to expand school choice options in new executive order (opens UPI)

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    President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order aimed to expand school choice programs as soon-to-be-released results show American students slowly failing.

  6. CNN

    Trump expected to sign executive actions on school choice and school funding, and combating antisemitism (opens CNN)

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    President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive actions Wednesday that fulfill promises he made on the campaign trail, including on school choice, ending funding for schools that support critical race theory and combating antisemitism, according to White House press secretary Karoline L…

  7. Washington Examiner

    Trump signing new school choice executive order (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    President Donald Trump is signing new executive actions to advance his goals for the U.S. education system.

  8. NBC 6 South Florida

    Trump signs sweeping executive order to expand school choice (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Wednesday that would prioritize and free up federal funding to expand school choice programs.

  9. Delaware Public Media

    Trump orders Education, Labor and other departments to enhance school choice (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    The president directed several departments to submit plans for using federal funds to expand school choice.

  10. FOX 35 Orlando

    Trump signs executive order aiming to cut federal funding for ‘woke’ schools (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for schools that promote what he calls "radical, anti-American ideologies."

  11. PJ Media

  12. ABC 30 Fresno

    Trump's executive order aims to restrict education related to race, gender, politics (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    ABC 30 Fresno's feed description

    Trump signed an executive order that aims to cut federal funding to schools that teach certain lessons about race, sex, gender or politics.

  13. New York Times

    Trump Signs Executive Order to Promote ‘Patriotic Education’ in Schools (opens New York Times)

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    The executive order was among several the president signed meant to steer American schools and universities to adopt Republican priorities, such as restricting how schools discuss racism and gender issues.

  14. The New Republic

    Trump Comes for School Funding Next in Disturbing Executive Order (opens The New Republic)

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    Donald Trump has signed a vague executive order that would eliminate funding for any schools involved in what he considers “indoctrination.”

  15. RedState

  16. Baptist News Global

    Trump issues two orders on education that get swift pushback (opens Baptist News Global)

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    Baptist News Global's feed description

    Amid the flurry of executive orders , two issued Jan. 29 related to education drew fire from educators and church-state separationists.

  17. Townhall

  18. UPI

    Trump signs sweeping executive orders that overhaul U.S. education system (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    President Donald Trump signed several sweeping executive orders on Wednesday to overhaul the American education system, primarily by removing so-called progressive ideologies from school hallways and classrooms.

  19. Fox News

    Trump signs executive orders stripping federal funding from schools that teach CRT, supporting school choice (opens Fox News)

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    One executive order removes federal funding from K-12 schools that teach critical race theory, and another supports educational choice initiatives.

  20. ABC 12 Flint

    Trump signs executive orders on school choice and school funding (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on school funding Wednesday that fulfill promises he made on the campaign trail, including on school choice and ending funding for schools that

  21. Newsweek

    Donald Trump school choice executive order: Here's who's impacted (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Trump's executive order could expand school choice. Critics warn it could divert funds from public schools and worsen inequality.

  22. Reason

    Trump expands school choice, narrows what schools can teach (opens Reason)

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    The president signed two executive orders that expand federal school choice funding while banning "radical indoctrination" in federally funded schools.

  23. New York Times

    With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The orders seek to encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding. But schools are often resistant to change.

  24. The Federalist

    Trump Is The School Choice President (opens The Federalist)

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    The Federalist's feed description

    On Thursday, the president signed an executive order 'expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families.'

  25. Black Enterprise

    School Choice Executive Order Penalizes Public School For Teaching American History (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Black Enterprise's feed description

    The Trump administration released an executive order that diverts funding from public schools in favor of "patriotic" private institutions.

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