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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,112 posts)
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 02:10 PM Nov 2020

Biden Plans to Roll Back Trump-Era Education Policies

Source: Wall Street Journal

As with environmental and immigration policy, President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to bring sweeping changes to education and to reverse some of the civil rights-related moves made under President Trump.

The current education secretary, Betsy DeVos, sought to bolster school-choice programs, proposed cuts to public-school funding and called for swift school reopenings during the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Biden, meanwhile, has said he wants to expand resources for public schools and has pledged to appoint a teacher to head the Education Department.

“The DeVos administration has basically chosen to side on the powerful and not the vulnerable, not the marginalized,” said Arne Duncan, former President Barack Obama’s education secretary. “That’s going to fundamentally change.”

A spokeswoman from the Education Department, Angela Morabito, defended the department’s current policies, especially on school choice, saying: “There is no one less powerful and more marginalized than the student trapped in a failing, government-assigned school with no way out.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-plans-to-roll-back-trump-era-education-policies/ar-BB1bsFbQ?li=BBnb7Kz

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Biden Plans to Roll Back Trump-Era Education Policies (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
We can start by keeping Arne and his reform "Devos-lite" privitizing agenda liskddksil Nov 2020 #1
Agree! lkinwi Nov 2020 #2
An ex-teacher to head the dept...what a concept! BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #3
Biden can start with / by executive actions on day one that $50,000 dollars turbinetree Nov 2020 #4
"student trapped in a failing, government-assigned school" jcgoldie Nov 2020 #5
No tax-payer money to Private Schools or "home-schoolers"... pfitz59 Nov 2020 #6
 

liskddksil

(2,753 posts)
1. We can start by keeping Arne and his reform "Devos-lite" privitizing agenda
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 03:35 PM
Nov 2020

far away from this adminstration. Making strong neighborhood public schools, well-rounded curricula including universal Arts and Music and Civics, and supporting teachers the cornerstone of a real public education agenda. Giving public money to charter schools and virtual academies needs to end, as does standardized testing. Teacher tenure and academic freedom needs to be reinstated as well.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
3. An ex-teacher to head the dept...what a concept!
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 05:38 PM
Nov 2020

This should be mandatory so we don't get an anti-cabinet like we have now. All the cabinet secretaries are against what their dept is supposed to represent. They are there to destroy the dept. they lead.

I only vote for school board members who have had some teaching in their background.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
4. Biden can start with / by executive actions on day one that $50,000 dollars
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:18 PM
Nov 2020

in college or tech debt will be eliminated for students............Biden can do that on day one

jcgoldie

(11,584 posts)
5. "student trapped in a failing, government-assigned school"
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:32 PM
Nov 2020

This is a person working in the federal government agency in charge of public education describing our public schools...

pfitz59

(10,198 posts)
6. No tax-payer money to Private Schools or "home-schoolers"...
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 06:22 PM
Nov 2020

Time to shit-can for-profit "Charter Schools" as well. 'Free' Public Education is the bedrock of our Nation. Public schooling is also a form of Socialization where students learn the means of interaction and communication. If a family chooses to "opt out" of Public Education, then they can foot the bill.

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