Private-school vouchers have usually been shunned by Democrats.
But as President Trump prepares to roll out his signature school-choice program, his administration is trying to reassure members of the opposition party that its effort breaks the mold.
Like other school voucher programs, the federal plan 鈥 the first of its kind 鈥 will provide taxpayer dollars for parents to spend on private school tuition. But at a closed-door event at the Treasury Department on Tuesday, Kevin Salinger, a Trump administration official, told education advocates that the program will also benefit public schools and their students.
