Trump’s Education Freedom Push | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 25, 2026 · 1m

President Trump kicked off the new school year with a bold push for education freedom, touting his administration’s school choice initiatives like the Education Freedom Tax Credit that lets parents fund private, public, or religious schools. He framed the move as returning control to parents, criticizing “extreme ideologies” in classrooms — especially critical race theory and gender identity topics — while pledging to refocus on core academics. Education Secretary Linda McMahon backed him up, calling for redirecting funds from DEI programs to teachers and emphasizing parental rights. The…