Public Education System Set for Shake-Up Under Trump
A teacher waves to her students as they get off the bus at Carter Traditional Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 24, 2022. Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Public Education System Set for Shake-Up Under Trump

The president-elect has vowed drastic changes, beginning on his first day in office, and the ACLU promises a fight.
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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.

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