Two welcome changes from the new White House in its first weeks is the turn away from DEI in education and a fresh look at school choice.
A great example is President Donald Trump’s executive order Wednesday on education choice for military families, just in time for National School Choice Week (Jan. 26 through Feb. 1).
The order directs new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to allow service members to choose schools for their students, including private and religious schools. The order also directs the secretary of the Interior Department to create an education choice program for students in Bureau of Indian Education schools and for the Education Secretary to issue guidance to states that considers “education freedom as a priority in discretionary grant programs.”
Veterans serving in Congress have drafted proposals such as this in recent years for military…
