Trump calls for certifying ‘patriotic’ teachers, cutting funding to schools that teach CRT

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Jan 27, 2023, 4:31 PM UTC

By Olympia Sonnier and Ben Kamisar

Former President Donald Trump has a new education platform as part of his presidential campaign, a raft of bold policies aimed at perceived liberal bias in public education.

The main policy planks include:

Cutting federal funding for “any school or program that pushes critical race theory, gender ideology or other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content to our children.” Directing federal agencies to “open civil rights investigations into any school district that engages in race-based discrimination. That includes discrimination against Asian Americans.” “Create a new credentialing body that will be the gold standard anywhere in the world to prove that teachers who embrace patriotic values ​​support our way of life and understand that their job is not to teach children”Fire. Department of Education employees deemed “radicals, zealots and Marxists” Banning transgender students who identify as female from participating in girls’ sports

And he told schools he would give them “massive funding preferences and favorable treatment” if they:

Eliminate teacher tenure at the K-12 level, Cut school administrators. Enact a parents’ bill of rights that includes school choice and “curriculum transparency” and allow parents to directly elect school principals.

Trump’s announcement comes as his main rival for the 2024 GOP presidential race, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, has fought a similar view of liberal bias in education. The state recently eliminated an AP African American Studies course, and blasted “woke ideology” at businesses and schools in his inaugural address earlier this month, declaring “Florida is where the woke goes to die.”

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