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Hi all. What a
week!
The Trump presidency, and the massive change it brings, is a huge new
story for all of us at NPR. In the coming weeks and months it’ll be our
job to make sense of it all. Our role as journalists has never been
more important: to report the facts and put developments in context.
For the nation’s schools – and teachers, students and parents --
Tuesday’s election brings a lot of uncertainty. And some very
important questions: Who will be Secretary of Education? Will the new
president fulfill his promise to shrink the Education Department and
reduce the federal role? How will the new administration’s proposals
for school choice play out? And what will the President-elect's pledge
to make college more affordable look like?
In the hours after Tuesday’s outcome became clear, we took the first
steps toward some answers, with a look at one of Donald Trump’s most
often-repeated education promises: to eliminate the Common Core.
(Spoiler: Before the election, the list of repeal-and-replace states
was short. But it's a new day.)
Even before the election, we've written about what we know about
Trump's positions and policy pronouncements on education.
This week we've also heard from students and educators — in K-12 and
higher education — about the election.
From a 16-year-old in Harrisburg, Pa. :
"He won't be as mean and nasty as he was before. He actually just wants
to help our country. And he will be the president that we need him to
be."
And here's some advice for President-elect Trump from third-graders at
Lake Tapps Elementary near Tacoma, Wash:
"Use your new power in a good way."
"Listen to your advisers."
"Be calm."
"Be sure to actually 'Make America Great Again.' "
Now, there’s a lot more hard work ahead for us at NPR Ed. There are so
many important educational issues at the center of where our country is
headed.
Some of the things we're most interested in: The future of charter
schools. The persistent achievement gap between rich and poor students,
and white and minority students. The challenges of educating the nearly
5 million students in this country who are learning English. The
tensions between national standards and local decisionmaking. The role
of community colleges in preparing Americans for the kinds of jobs
we’ll need in the 21st Century.
And of course, efforts to ensure that all students – from the day they
enter kindergarten – have a fair shot at graduating 13 years later.
We take pride in bringing those stories to you -- and we appreciate
your comments, emails and notes along the way. Thanks for reading.
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