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sentences that state something as happening or true
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5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A charter school founder and executive is throwing her support behind the Trump administration’s effort to strip federal bureaucracy from classrooms and return education authority to the states.
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founder → throw → states
"It is very helpful to return the funding to the states that we already get, but with less regulation on those funds so that I can serve our students' needs — precisely what they need— instead of maybe what somebody in Washington thought they needed," Carolyn Sharette, founder and executive director of American Preparatory Academy (APA), told Fox News Digital.
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Sharette → return → Digital
Sharette founded APA in Utah in 2003.
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Sharette → found → 2003
The public charter school network now serves more than 5,000 students across eight Utah campuses.
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network → serve → campuses
"We know exactly what our students need here to progress, and so returning the education to the states means we get to use the money in more flexible ways to help our students," Sharette said.
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Sharette → know → students
On Oct.20, APA’s West Valley City campus served as the 47th stop on Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s 50-state "Returning Education to the States Tour," which aims to highlight the Trump administration's K-12 reform efforts.
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which → serve → efforts
Delivering a keynote speech titled "The Next 250: K-12 Education," McMahon emphasized shifting authority back to local leaders, investing in proven academic interventions, and expanding school choice for families.
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McMahon → deliver → families
According to U.S. Department of Education officials, more than $3 trillion in federal taxpayer money has been funneled into K-12 education in recent decades.
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trillion → accord → decades
Despite the massive expenditure, national assessment data shows only about three in 10 students perform at or above proficient levels in math and reading.
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students → show → math
Upon taking office, McMahon pledged to work toward dismantling the federal education agency, including installing leaders tasked with phasing out their own divisions.
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McMahon → take → divisions
The effort aligns with President Donald Trump’s broader educational agenda, which he highlighted during a White House Rose Garden event championing school choice.
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he → align → choice
"School choice is really profound, actually," Sharette told Fox News Digital.
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Sharette → tell → Digital
"The role we play because we provide a place for parents to choose a different school if they'd like, and it's wonderful that they have that option."
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they → play → option
"We provide a school that is a classical school," Sharette added.
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Sharette → provide → school
"We teach through literature, we teach the science of reading.
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we → teach → reading
We've always had very high reading scores at our school.
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We → have → school
So parents who are looking for a rigorous and classical education can choose our school and have that freedom."
Trump has also pledged to eliminate "far-left extremism" from classrooms, arguing that decades of federal administrative oversight have failed to yield acceptable academic results.
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decades → look → results
To streamline operations, the Department of Education recently launched a new waiver process allowing state leaders to request greater flexibility when spending federal funds, while significantly cutting administrative red tape.
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leaders → streamline → tape
Iowa became the first state in the nation to participate in the flexibility initiative.
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Iowa → become → initiative