Trump to pull feds out of K-12 education

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump to pull feds out of K-12 education
Washington Times, Apr 26, 2019. S.A. Miller

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to start pulling the federal government out of K-12 education, following through on a campaign promise to return school control to state and local officials.

The order, dubbed the “Education Federalism Executive Order,” will launch a 300-day review of Obama-era regulations and guidance for school districts and directs Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to modify or repeal measures she deems an overreach by the federal government.

“For too long the government has imposed its will on state and local governments. The result has been education that spends more and achieves far, far, far less,” Mr. Trump said. “My administration has been working to reverse this federal power grab and give power back to families, cities [and] states — give power back to localities.”

He said that previous administrations had increasingly forced schools to comply with “whims and dictates” from Washington, but his administration would break the trend.

“We know local communities know it best and do it best,” said Mr. Trump, who was joined by several Republican governors for the signing. “The time has come to empower teachers and parents to make the decisions that help their students achieve success.”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/26/donald-trump-pull-feds-out-k-12-education/

[libertybele]

Interesting.  The article didn't specify a whole lot other than government overreach as determined by DeVos.  I'm hoping that 'Common Core' is scrapped completely.

[sneakypete]

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to start pulling the federal government out of K-12 education, following through on a campaign promise to return school control to state and local officials.

A big "ATTABOY!" to Trump over this one. Should have been done in the early 50's.