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How Trump’s budget promotes school choice

Clip: 5/23/2017 | 5m 43s

Trump's budget proposes roughly $9 billion in cuts to various federal education programs.

President Trump's budget proposes roughly $9 billion in cuts to various federal education programs, a reduction of roughly 13 percent, including changes to student loan programs. Some of that money would be rerouted to advance the idea of school choice. William Brangham discusses what this may mean for schools and students with NPR’s Anya Kamenetz.

05/23/2017

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