“The View” co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farrah Griffin brought up school choice Wednesday while discussing President-elect Trump's nominee for secretary of education, Linda McMahon. There was a collision.
“When you hear about school choice, it really has to do with the voucher system,” Hostin said. “The Department of Education is responsible for $18.4 billion in funding for high-poverty K-12 schools. I grew up in the projects of the Bronx.”
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“So what happens to vouchers? Research shows very clearly that vouchers fund students who already attend private schools. You can get them, use those vouchers to pay less for private schools, and your kids can do better. Are you taking money from vouchers? You're taking that money out of poor schools. ” Hostin said. “By far the wealthiest families qualify for the school voucher tax credit. I'm not making this up.”
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“The View” co-host Alyssa Farrah Griffin and co-host Sunny Hostin clash over school choice. (Screenshot/ABC)
Hostin touted a 2020 study that found that only half of states with voucher programs require teachers to have a bachelor's degree, teacher training, or licensure.
Griffin asked Hostin about the source of the study she mentioned, but Hostin kept talking.
As Hostin continued, Griffin said, “If I'm being included just for the sake of conversation, that's not my experience.” “I went to public school, and I think you should go to private school,” Griffin said of Hostin.
After more conversation and back-and-forth, Hostin tried to make his final point, but co-host Whoopi Goldberg cut off the conversation by saying that no one understood what he was saying.
“I can't understand the words. She's been talking for three minutes,” Griffin said.
After returning from commercial break, Goldberg pointed out that the “beauty” of their show is that they have different opinions.
“We lost the election. We're miserable. Half this country is miserable. And let's be real. We hate that he won. We hate it. . . . and right now everyone's nervous and crazy,” co-host Joy Beharchaim interjected.
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Alyssa Farrah Griffin, co-host of “The View.” (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
Mr. Hostin asserted that voucher programs do not benefit students' academic performance, and flatly stated, “That's the truth.”
Citing other statistics and his personal work with the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program while in Congress, Griffin said that if parents want to give their children a slight edge in school districts that may be falling behind, , argued that taxes should follow students.
“It's simply that parents should be able to make the best choices for their students. I also think some schools are falling behind. It doesn't mean they don't deserve an education, but students should be able to make the best choices for their students.” They are victims of falling behind in school, and their lives, futures and earning potential are at risk,” Griffin said.
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“That's the inequality,” Hostin said, noting that she doesn't attend a good school district in the South Bronx.
Griffin again pointed out, “Were you able to attend private school?'' Mr. Goldberg again threatened to cut off the discussion before he could make his point.
