Trump Wants to End 'Wokeness' in Education. He Has Vowed to Use Federal Money as Leverage

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "Trump also has hinted at potential legislation to deliver some of his promises, including fining universities over diversity initiatives.
60% : "But a partnership between higher education and the administration is going to be better for the country than an attack on education.
56% : Adding to that effort, Trump is proposing a new credentialing body to certify teachers "who embrace patriotic values.
54% : In closing the Education Department, Trump said he would return "all education work and needs back to the states.
53% : Trump also wants a say in school curriculum, vowing to fight for "patriotic" education.
50% : ""We're going to end education coming out of Washington, D.C.," Trump said on his website last year.
48% : He wants to forbid classroom lessons on gender identity and structural racism.
47% : For example, Trump plans to rescind guidance from President Joe Biden's administration that extended Title IX protections to LGBTQ+ students.
46% : Those plans could be revoked or rewritten once Trump takes office.___The Associated Press' education coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations.
45% : To get colleges to shutter diversity programs -- which Trump says amount to discrimination -- he said he "will advance a measure to have them fined up to the entire amount of their endowment.
38% : "Rather than letting states and schools decide their stance on polarizing issues, Trump is proposing blanket bans that align with his vision.
37% : They say his proposals will undermine public education and hurt the students who need schools' services the most.
34% : On his first day in office, Trump has repeatedly said he will cut money to "any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content on our children."
34% : "Trump ran on getting boys out of girls' sports.
28% : And Trump would go further, promising a nationwide ban on transgender women in women's sports.
25% : On the campaign trail, Trump said he would "not give one penny" to schools with vaccine or mask requirements.
19% : "During his first term, Trump occasionally threatened to cut money from schools that defied him, including those slow to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic and colleges he accused of curbing free speech.
9% : Trump hasn't detailed his plans for student loans, though he has called Biden's cancellation proposals illegal and unfair.

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