WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday calling for the funding of school choices to be prioritized and end what he considers as “radical indoctrination in K-12 school education.” did.

Trump continues Education-related campaign promises He created it as part of his drastic vision of “saving American education.” These efforts mark the latest in the extensive flood of executive orders the president has begun signing since taking office last week.

One executive order directs U.S. Education Secretaries to support the K-12 school selection initiative within the next two months to “issuance guidance on how states can use official federal funds.” It’s there.

Trump’s choice for Trump’s education secretary, Linda McMahon has yet to sit in front of a Senate panel for a confirmation hearing.

McMahon is a former world wrestling entertainment executive who was former director of the Small Business Administration and wealthy donor during Trump’s first administration, and could be crucial in implementing Trump’s sweeping educational agenda. It has sex.

The order also directs the Secretary of Education to “include education freedom as a priority in discretionary grant programs as a priority, in line with appropriate and applicable law.”

Trump also said that states receiving the block’s grants “use them to expand educational choices and help families choose educational alternatives to government agencies, including private and faith-based options. They are left to the Ministry of Health and Human Services by issuing guidance that says “You can use them.”

He also demands Secretary of Defense Pete Hesthes You must submit a plan that explains how “military connected families” can use Department of Defense funds to attend schools of your choice and explains these mechanisms and the steps to implement them. There is.

Trump wants the Interior Department to do the same. It requires the agency’s next leader to review how those eligible to attend schools within the Indian Education Department can use federal funds to attend schools of their choice.

Former North Dakota Government Doug BurghamTrump’s choice to lead the division appears to be on a smooth path to becoming the next Secretary of the Interior.

“Radical Instruction” at K-12 Schools

Meanwhile, Trump has signed a drastic executive order aimed at seeking federal funds for schools that teach “discriminatory fairness ideology.” This describes the administration as an ideology that treats and minimizes individuals not as individuals but as members of preferred groups or disadvantaged groups: agents, merits, and capabilities to support immoral generalization. ”

This order also requires a secretary of each education. Defense; and health and welfare services. It will provide Trump with an “end-indoctrination strategy” over the next 90 days.

The plan includes recommendations to “eliminate federal funding or to eliminate support for illegal treatment and indoctrination from kindergarten to high school.”

Trump also signed another executive order on Wednesday, taking additional steps to combat anti-Semitism on university campuses.

Last updated at 5:41pm, January 29, 2025