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Education Week
Envisioning
Education Policy Under a President Donald Trump
Education advocates and policy analysts are contemplating the
possibility of a Donald Trump presidential administration—and, in many
cases, having trouble bringing the picture into focus.
With a few exceptions, the real estate developer and front-runner in
the Republican race for the White House has steered clear of concrete
talk about education policy, instead focusing his campaign on issues
such as illegal immigration and international trade. That's left
experts and observers to try to fill in the blanks where they can.
Over the course of his public life, Trump has addressed education
issues with differing degrees of specificity. For example, in his 2000
book The America We Deserve, Trump expressed skepticism about the
influence of teachers' unions on public schools, as well as support for
a variety of school choice programs.
"Education reformers call this school choice, charter schools,
vouchers, even opportunity scholarships. I call it competition—the
American way," Trump wrote.
Since he began running for president last year, Trump has made one
position he holds on education very clear: He despises the Common Core
State Standards and has repeatedly pledged to get rid of them. In a
recent video his campaign posted to Facebook, for example, he said he'd
eliminate the standards, without saying exactly how: "We're taking
common core and it's going to be gone."
(The standards were the product of an initiative led by groups
representing state governors and schools chiefs. The Obama
administration has used federal grants to encourage their adoption and
pay for related tests, but states aren't required to use the standards
or the tests.)
In the video, Trump also said: "We'll have school boards, and we'll
have local. We're not going to have it through Washington…
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