Trump signs executive order to defund schools teaching CRT, 'radical gender ideology' [View all]
Source: The Hill
01/29/25 4:48 PM ET
President Trump signed an executive order to prohibit federal funds from going to K-12 public schools that teach critical race theory (CRT) and or gender issues. The order, which could quickly face legal challenges, “prohibits federal funding of the indoctrination of children which includes radical gender ideology and critical race theory in the classroom.”
The Education secretary and Defense secretary — for schools run by the defense department — are ordered to create a strategy for ending the “indoctrination in K-12 education” within 90 days. The order also reinstates the 1776 Commission Trump created in his first term, telling all executive agencies to “prioritize the advancement of patriotic education.”
CRT, which is typically taught at the collegiate and post-graduate level, has been around for decades and states that race is a social construct and is embedded in American institutions. But in his order, Trump used the example of the Albemarle County School District in Virginia, which the administration says created an “anti-racism” policy that taught a student “her achievement was based on her race,” alleging the incident was a result of CRT.
It is unclear what the criteria will be for the Department of Education to determine if a school is using the theory.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5113202-trump-schools-executive-order-crt-gender-ideology/
"Price of eggs". "Inflation". "Kitchen table issues".
Black history month starts this Saturday and I suppose he'll do an EO to "rescind" that.
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