A push for school choice fell short in Trump's first term. He may...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Ferial Pearson, the chair of an organization in Nebraska that advocates for public education, said it would continue working to provide public schools "the support and resources they need to thrive.
64% : In that term, Trump tapped Betsy DeVos - a fervent supporter of school choice - as his education secretary.
51% : "In Kentucky, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that voters sent a clear message that taxpayer money should go to public schools.
50% : Concerns about diverting money from public education appeared to gain traction in deep-red Kentucky and Nebraska.
49% : Private school choice comprises several ways of using taxpayer money to support education outside of traditional public schools, including vouchers, education savings accounts and tax-credit scholarships.
44% : In Tuesday's election, voters in Kentucky rejected a measure to enable public funding for private school attendance, and Nebraska voted to partially repeal a law that uses taxpayer money to subsidize private education.
43% : Yet the concept has faced pushback - and not just from groups like teachers unions that have long advocated for keeping public money in public schools.
41% : "During his campaign, Trump touted school choice as a form of greater parental rights, aimed at countering what conservative critics describe as leftist indoctrination in classrooms and promoting a free-market approach to education.
35% : To some observers, it was unsurprising that even states that voted for Trump took a stand against school choice.
28% : "Because Trump strongly supported school choice, including charter schools, he made those issues radioactive on the left, so reform-oriented Democrats were sidelined or silenced.

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