Fox News: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, endorsed by teachers unions, receive failing grade from school choice group

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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, endorsed by teachers unions, receive failing grade from school choice group

As the DNC this week champions Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as strong on education policy, one parents group is challenging that narrative by grading the candidates with an F.......                    ...                        ...FIRST ON FOX: A national parents group grades both You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and Gov. Tim Walz with an F on school choice.......As the DNC continues this week, the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Coalition announced grades for the Democratic ticket, slamming each of their education track records. The organization advocates school choice......The group said its decision comes from "a well-documented record of siding with the teachers' unions and opposing expansion of parental choice in K-12 education."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The National Education Association (NEA), the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the country, has gone on record to grade Vice President Harris with an A. The NEA has over 2 million active members.......This A rating from the NEA comes on the heels of Harris' track record in the United States Senate and as California Attorney General. According to the Invest in Education Coalition Harris criticized Donald Trump's school choice advocacy on the campaign trail in 2016.......In 2017, while serving in the Senate, Harris opposed a bill's amendment that promoted school choice for low-income families. The bill was championed by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Members of Congress who have been advocates for expanding school choice and federal policy that supports giving more control to parents, not government, to determine the best educational option for their children, meet the 'A' grade criteria," the Invest in Education Coalition told Fox News Digital of its grading system.......The Invest in Education Coalition didn't stop at giving just Harris a failing grade. It included her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in its condemnation. Walz was a high school teacher for much of his career before politics.......The parents group cites EdChoice, which said Walz "does not have a history of supporting educational choice in Minnesota. ... He also has a history of declining meetings with educational choice parent advocates." ......The last major party candidate who was a K-12 teacher was Lyndon B. Johnson......."Vice President Harris and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login have opposed empowering parents and giving children the opportunity to get the education of their choice and has defended the educational status quo, which has hurt students across the country," said Anthony J. de Nicola, chairman of the Invest in Education Coalition. ......"We need strong leaders who will fight to expand school choice so that every child, regardless of their ZIP code, has a chance at a great education. Instead, Harris and Walz are bankrolled by the teachers unions and are prioritizing special interests over parents and their children," Nicola added.......School choice bills have popped up in state legislatures nationwide in recent years, especially following COVID-related public school lockdowns. The National Conference on State Legislatures reported that all 50 states considered bills on the subject in 2023.......According to the Invest in Education Coalition, its mission is "simply put, parents should decide where their child's education dollars are spent."......If Harris and Walz want to improve their failing grades, the Coalition told Fox News Digital, they "would need to put an end to their well-documented track record in opposing school choice and start prioritizing parents and students instead of pushing the agenda of the teachers' unions and special interest groups."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The Harris-Walz campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment....

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