President-elect Joe Biden has his eyes on two frontrunners for Education Secretary as he lines up his cabinet choices, but his pick is likely to frustrate Republicans in favor of charter schools. The National Education Association (NEA), one of the U.S.’s largest teacher unions, endorsed Biden who has remained mum on his inclusion of charter schools in his education plan. Public school teachers and union leaders have protested the expansive growth in charter schools for essentially two reasons: a lack in accountability and transparency in charter schools, coupled with public school funding having been diverted by them. Under the Trump administration, charter schools continued to increse, but at a much slower rate with just over 7,500 charter schools in the U.S. in 2020, with 3.3 million students enrolled. Though whether Biden will be able to push through an education secretary who is against charter schools remains to be seen.

Source: Fox News November 12, 2020 23:03 UTC