I keep returning to the days of Obama, the 2010-2012 time frame…..we were warned about Americans being sent to indoctrination camps for those that did not see the country as the Dems did…..and yet the GOP and Herr trump seem to making that dire prediction come true on several levels.
We now have the Trump goons throwing up and attacking education…..this time they want a ‘patriotic education’ for America’s children.
In executive orders signed Wednesday, President Trump mandated changes for American schools that include replacing what he calls radical ideologies with a curriculum of “patriotic education.” One of them calls for cutting federal funding for schools that teach certain topics related to race, sex, gender, or politics, ABC News reports. It’s the first time the federal government has tried to exert such control over curriculum, one expert said. Another directs agencies to use funding to expand school choice through voucher programs. “Too many children do not thrive in their assigned, government-run K-12 school,” the order says, per the New York Times.
- Teaching: This order gives the secretary of education 90 days to come up with a strategy to end “indoctrination” in K-12 schools, subject to Trump’s approval. There is no education secretary at the moment; confirmation hearings have not been scheduled for the nominee, Linda McMahon, per NPR. The order says it “prohibits federal funding of the indoctrination of children which includes radical gender ideology and critical race theory in the classroom,” per the Hill. It’s not clear what criteria would be used by the Department of Education to identify schools teaching critical race theory. Trump has said American history classes should be rooted in “patriotic education.” The order, which does not say “critical race theory,” says without citing evidence that teachers have been “demanding acquiescence” to concepts of “white privilege” or “unconscious bias.” That has promoted racism, it says, per Reuters.
- Response: “Whether the federal government can influence curriculum in this way is a completely open question,” said Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. “If they were actually able to compel school districts to alter their curriculum, that would be the first time the federal government had done that. Ever.” Such restrictions imposed at the state level around the country have led to lawsuits.
- School choice: This order directs the secretaries of education and defense to decide how discretionary grant programs can promote school choice, a goal the president calls “education freedom.” Education Savings Accounts let families to divert per-student public school funding to instead pay expenses involving private schools, micro-schools, or homeschooling. Agencies are to give guidance on how funds can go toward “educational alternatives, including private and faith-based options,” per ABC.
- Response: Opponents argue that such efforts damage public schools while propping up schools that don’t have to meet state standards for student performance. “Instead of stealing taxpayer money to fund private schools, we should focus on public schools,” said Rebecca Pringle, president of the National Education Association. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, called the plan “likely illegal.”
Indoctrination?
Is that what we now call a well-rounded education?
If the children is ignorant the choice of school will not improve that condition.
The hate of education by some is a pathetic turn of events.
This is just another way to turn Americans into subservient tools….will do nothing to prepare them for the world they must live in later.
Hopefully lawsuits will be forthcoming and possibly a change of direction.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
It will be a busy.. and profitable… four years for lawyers.
Not so profitable if you represent Trump…..chuq
That’s true. For him it’s cheaper to get sued for non-payment then wear down the creditor in court.
A true robber baron mentality. chuq
The key to his success? LOL chuq
I don’t like the orders either, but once you accept federal funding you have to comply with the requirements in order to keep getting it. There have always been requirements for schools , colleges, and universities receiving federal aid and grants. Just nothing this extreme.
Also applied to receiving all federal funding. All of it has requirements and guidelines to comply with in order to receive.
Regardless making schools comply to these standards is indoctrination….the very thing they say they want to prevent….it is disgusting to attack education this way. and cowardly chuq
yes, requirements such as toe the party line or cease to exist.
Henceforth public schools will replace astronomy classes with studies in astrology. Psychology studies will be replaced by tarot classes. Math will be replaced by numerology. Economics will be replaced by Trumponomics. Christian prayers will be mandatory every hour on the hour. Atheists will not be allowed in public schools. Any student criticizing these changes will be taken to the basement and whipped. Any student or teacher who criticizes The Lord Trumpdemort, in violation of the new laws of lese majeste, will be shot at noon in the schoolyard. Signed: The Lord Trumpdemort and His Kissass Minion Secretary of “Education”
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Nothing short of indoctrination and is that not what they claim they are preventing? chuq
Funny how every vile thing the Republiscum accuse the Democrats of doing (or being) is exactly what the Republiscum are doing now (or being).
Funny how every time their brain damaged leader speaks, lies just dribble and drool from his ugly little mouth. Funny how when he does speak, all the little Republiscum bow down, bend over, and proclaim him a messenger of their pathetic, sick little Christian god.
Buckle up, buttercups. Sicko in the White House, sickos running the Congress, sickos sitting on the Court, sickos in your neighborhood.
And let’s note that the Fifth Circuit Court of Stone Age judges just said that 18 to 20 year olds can now own handguns. That certainly smacks of severe prejudice against 12 to 18 year olds, and 4 to 12 year olds. How about, since these pre-Neanderthals believe they have absolute control over women’s wombs, they approve sticking a Glock up in every pregnant woman’s womb, so the kid will come out armed and ready to face an armed Republiscum America?
Thinking….I cannot disagree with a word you typed…..chuq
Not sure how I got tagged as Anonymous. I’m having trouble figuring out comment procedures. Ric
Recently WP seems to be a glitch generating entity….not to worry I will be watching chuq
Be careful there, Ric– you may be more accurate than you dared imagine.
and do not forget that no public school will contain a single member of an ethnic minority unless the school is designed strictly for the needs of the minority.
I think that out of respect for our new President, schools should be required to display his formal portrait in every classroom and in every common gathering place on all the campuses. Don’t you?
Only is the toilets where it belongs. chuq
LOL
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Belongs in the toilet bowl, not on the toilet wall. Just wanted to clarify that. In fact never mind the picture – Trump himself should be flushed down the bowl.
The best place for a turd. chuq
We have had very little patriotic education in UK schools since the 1970s. There are no flags, pledges, or portraits. In recent years history teaching has reflected the bad side of the British Empire, and taught equal rights for gay people, all races, and all religions.
Best wishes, Pete.
That is the way education should work….teach all aspects of the subject….good or bad chuq