Washington – Donald Trump’s return to the presidency could set the prerequisites for comprehensive changes in US education policy.
During his campaign, Trump swore to “save American education”, with a focus on parental rights and universal choice of school and offers a powerful contrast to the educational records of the bidges administration.
When Trump’s victory of the White House is cemented, here is a look at where he is on education:
Get rid of the US education department
Perhaps Trump’s most extensive educational plan will include his vows to close the Ministry of Education.
The department – only 45 years elderly – is not responsible for determining the school curriculum because education in the USA is decentralized. The Mission of the agency should “promote the performance of the pupils and the preparation for global competitiveness by promoting and ensures the same access”.
Trump has repeatedly asked to bring education “back to the states”, although the responsibility of education is already mainly in states and local governments that assign a gigantic part of the financing for K-12 schools.
Financing increases
Trump has proposed financing increases for states and school districts that adhere to his vision for education, including the assumption of a “parental bill of right, which includes a complete transparency of the curricula, and a form of universal school selection”, the choice of the curriculum. according to his plan.
He also wants to provide schools that remove the “teacher office time” for the classes K-12, give financing preferences and take over “earnings payments”.
He could also enhance funding for schools in which parents hold the direct elections of school heads and schools that significantly reduce the number of their administrators.
Trump’s plan also includes the creation of a login information committee to certify teachers that they “accept patriotic values, and to understand that their task is not to indoctrinate, but to raise them.”
He is too threaten to lower federal financing For schools that teach “critical racial theory” or “gender -specific ideology” and swore to withdraw Updated title IX regulations Under the bid administration on his first day in office.
The updated regulations published at the beginning of this year extends the Federal Protection for LGBTQ+ students.
The final rule Roll down changes to title IX under Trump’s earlier administration and the then educational secretary Betsy Devos.
A number of GOP-led states have questioned the measure, which has led to several legal battles and a political patchwork across the country.
Student debt and university formation
Trump has criticized the efforts to forgive for the forgiveness of the student loan of the bidges administration and described them as “not even legal” and could let go of all efforts to forgive the mass loan.
Trump could save the government’s savings for a valuable training or a rescue plan that is currently in the queue, while it is associated with a legal challenge. The comprehensive initiative tries to deliver lower monthly loan payments to the borrowers and to reduce the time required to pay for their debts.
In the meantime, The GOP platform 2024 Colleges and universities “demanded healthy and affordable”, and found that the Republicans “fire radical left accrediters, reduce tuition fees, restore the proper procedures and pursue cases of civil rights against schools that discriminate against”.
The platform also calls for the reduction of the costs for university formation by creating “additional, more drastically affordable alternatives to a traditional four -year university degree”.
Trump card also suggested The “American Academy”, a free online university that he says, would be given by the “billions and billions of dollars, which we receive from taxing, financing and suing excessive large private university foundations”.
Project 2025
Apart from the GOP platform and the Trump’s proposals, the 2025 project of the Heritage Foundation proposes a comprehensive conservative agenda that, if it is implemented, could have significant effects on the future of education.
Although Trump rejected the blueprint of the conservative think tank, some former members of his former government helped manufacture the agenda.
Some of the suggestions for educational policy The extensive document Eliminate the US education department and the lead, end time-based and occupational-based forgiveness for student loans and restore the title IX regulations made under Devos.
The proposal also states that “the federal government should limit its participation in education policy to that of a statistical agency that distributes the information to the states.”
Large teacher unions react to Trump
“The voters spoke. While we hoped and fought for another result, we respect both their will and peaceful transmission of power, ”said Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teacher unions in the country, in a statement on Wednesday.
“At this moment, the country is more shared than ever and our democracy is in danger. Last night we saw fear and trouble winning them, ”said Weingarten.
Becky Pringle, President of the National Education Association, the country’s largest union, said in a explanation on Wednesday: “This is not the result for which we wanted for our students and families, but it is the street through history we have to travel now. ”
Last updated 4:54 p.m., November 6, 2024
