In his first term, education was not a priority in the list of issues Trump needed to address. He promised to dismantle the Department of Education. He attempted to do so by appointing Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education. DeVos then shrank the size of the agency, much to the dismay of the unions. She did this by consolidation of offices within the agency causing the Department of Education to lose 14% of its staff.
Trump also worked to cut the Department of Education’s budget, but was unable to do so because of Congress, a Congress controlled by Republicans. Trump and DeVos worked to fund school choice through tax credits, but that never got fully off the ground. They were able to enact a program that allowed 529 plan funds to be used for both K-12 and college tuitions.
Also during the first Trump presidency, many Obama era regulations and guidance were negated regarding transgender students using the bathrooms and locker rooms of the gender they identify with, keeping students’ identities as transgender from their parents, and using restorative discipline. However, many districts maintained these practices and still do today. The focus on race based civil rights data was de-emphasized even though complaint actions were more efficiently processed. States like Maryland have accelerated the effort to push a progressive agenda forward.
What has Trump planned for his second term? Here is the link to his plan on his website:
Not where the State of MD is concerned. Even the MD Judiciary has green-lighted the way for more “minor-attracted” public schoolteachers.
My personal guess is there will be a very significant drawdown from the bloat in place now. Expect all the social agendas to get flattened outright. IDEA/Special Ed provisions will remain in place/ vouchers and school choice will become reality. I also personally think this will pretty much sink the powerful teacher’s unions. Here’s to hoping it all actually works out.
This will truly help our children!
Those areas that hire the best qualified and teach the best curriculum will produce the best students.
The DEI teachers passing the DEI students will show themselves in the marketplace during the post graduation hiring process!
Get the porn out of schools and teaching the kids to hate America and a boy can be a girl and a girl can be a boy if they want to, and they won’t even tell your parents.