Public Education System Set for Shake Up Under Trump

Expected policy changes to U.S. public education under the Trump administration will likely involve areas such as universal school choice, critical race theory, transgender ideology, student college debt relief, and higher education accreditation. In addition, the fate of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) itself hangs in the balance—though dismantling it would require an act of Congress. “We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” Trump wrote in a Nov. 19 statement when announcing his nomination of Linda McMahon to lead the DOE in his administration. The Department of Education was established in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter....