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Nonilex

signed a trio of on Wednesday seeking to control how schools teach about & , direct more tax dollars to , & pro- .

The flurry of action…tests the limits of . In each case, Trump is pushing to use the levers of government — sometimes in unprecedented ways — to force American districts, & to align w/his point of view.


washingtonpost.com/education/2

The Washington Post · With sweeping orders, Trump aims to control race teaching, boost school choiceBy Laura Meckler
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Nonilex

The White House cast its on teaching as an effort to end “indoctrination” in American . It threatened to pull federal from that teach about “gender ideology” — the idea that one’s can differ from their biological sex at birth, or “discriminatory equity ideology,” a label the order attaches to a range of ideas around systemic racism.

[sounds a lot like ]

britannica.com/topic/education

Encyclopedia BritannicaEducation - Nazi, Germany, Schools | BritannicaEducation - Nazi, Germany, Schools: After Adolf Hitler’s accession to power in 1933, the Nazis set out to reconstruct German society. To do that, the totalitarian government attempted to exert complete control over the populace. Every institution was infused with National Socialist ideology and infiltrated by Nazi personnel in chief positions. Schools were no exception. Even before coming to power, Hitler in Mein Kampf (1925–27; “My Struggle”) had hinted at his plans for broad educational exploitation. The Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda exercised control over virtually every form of expression—radio, theatre, cinema, the fine arts, the press, churches, and schools. The control of the
Nonilex

The Biden admin encouraged schools in the opposite direction, promoting & initiatives & directing schools to students’ rights, but it NEVER tried to CONDITION federal FUNDING on what was taught in . The Dept during ’s first term also did not try to , w/then-Secretary Betsy DeVos arguing that the curriculum should be decided at the local level.

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Nonilex

Wednesday’s directs the secretary to provide a plan to end “indoctrination” in schools within 90 days, specifying that the secretary should tie federal funds to whether teach in a way the admin approves.

…For the past several years, including Trump have attacked schools for teaching about & attempted to reverse policies & lessons that recognize & students.

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Nonilex

The new order seeks to *use* [twist] federal laws to force schools to come into compliance w/ views on both subjects.

Fed allows the Dept to withhold funds from any school that based on or .… & allies argue lessons about amount to , because they presume certain things about people based on race, such as that White Americans enjoy certain privileges based on their race.

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Nonilex

And they say that giving rights to students, especially transgender girls & women, discriminates against cisgender girls & women by forcing them to share spaces & sports teams.

… may lack the authority to do what he’s promising.…The Every Student Succeeds Act, passed in 2015, forbids the federal government from mandating or incentivizing states to adopt or use any particular set of standards.

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Nonilex

…’s also says the attorney general must coordinate with state AGs to “file appropriate actions” against K-12 & employees who sexually exploit minors, practice medicine without a license or otherwise “unlawfully [facilitate] the social transition of a minor student.” [this is not a thing. This is Trump’s that kids go to & have Gender Affirming Surgery there. Absurd.]

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Sean Fenian

@Nonilex@masto.ai Conspiracy theory, or just outright Big Lie?

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Jared White — Free Garcia Now!

@Nonilex bear in mind "social transition" as defined here seems to include simply affirming kids in various ways—for example school staff simply calling a student "nonbinary" is aiding in their "social transition" and would be banned

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Humble Fan of Atty. Woo

@Nonilex

WHOA, trump abused young girls on Epstein's Private Island, but he doesn't want any others sexually exploited NOW? geesh the gaul of this guy,.

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Anonomouse13

@Nonilex

"Trump admin"; Heritage Foundation, ALEC, et al, if the press were to press civil servants on the matter. We didn't vote for corporations, we voted for politicians.

Democratic republic =/= corporatocracy.
Strange how no lawyer is willing to sue on existential existence grounds.

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