President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for education that revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.”

Summary

Donald Trump’s education agenda centers on eliminating “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination” in schools.

His plans include banning lessons on gender identity and structural racism, abolishing diversity offices, and barring transgender athletes in girls’ sports.

He aims to cut federal funding for schools defying his policies and eliminate the U.S. Education Department. Trump also proposes “patriotic education,” a nationwide ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports, and new teacher credentialing standards.

Critics argue these policies are politically driven, undermine education, and lack evidence. Many initiatives would face legal and procedural hurdles.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

    I can only imagine how far into the future this will eventually sink the republican party. But let’s take a look, can’t do much about it since we’re too stupid to see how dumb the whole electoral college thing is. California holding a miniscule number of representatives so if you live in California, you basically got no voice. But if you milk cows in Montana, then you can force Florida to have the ten commandments in schools.

    You can only push people so far. Specially if we get invaded by China and suddenly all normalcy goes out the window.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      21·
      6 days ago

      I was with you till the last sentence. No one can invade the US. It’s literally impossible for any country to do, or even every country. Unfortunately for us and the rest of the world, having a 2500 mile front on one side and a 3500 mile front on the other makes us untouchable.

      The only weapons that any country could use directly against the US with its current military are ICBMs and I’m pretty sure that is the one weapon no one wants to use. Except Trump, cause he’s a moron.

      • AlotOfReading@lemmy.world
        12·
        6 days ago

        It’s not impossible to invade the US. It’s been done several times already, for example 1942 and 1812. Mexico, which shares the same oceanic borders, was invaded by France in 1861 and of course the entirety of the Americas was essentially invaded by colonial settlers.

        It’s unlikely for other reasons, but nothing about it is impossible.

        • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
          21·
          6 days ago

          It is flat out a logistical impossibility for any nation to do currently, or anytime soon. No one except the US has a deep water Navy, and no one that has an army that we couldn’t immediately steamroll with the National Guard, also has the craft to transport said army across an ocean.

          Currently, and for the foreseeable future, it’s impossible, and not worth even considering as a possibility.

          Oh, and if you’re referring to the Japanese “invasion” of 1942, that wasn’t an invasion. They never landed an army, neither did the Nazis, for the exact same reasons I just specified. Sure they had deep water navies. We promptly sank their navies so that we couldn’t be touched.

          The last country that dared to touch our shit was Russia, before that Iran. It didn’t go well for either of them.