CA superintendent, other leaders call on President-elect Trump to protect education

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Thurmond says he's already started to reach out to representatives to support public education.
58% : Donald Trump took open aim at public education before being re-elected as president.
56% : " Trump supports school choice programs and content restrictions on curriculum like critical race theory.
53% : "We call on President-elect Trump and the members of Congress to reaffirm their commitment to public education," Thurmond said.
46% : "We are ready for California versus Trump round two," California Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi said. RELATED: Bay Area educators respond to Donald Trump's plan to dismantle Dept. of Education "We are going to champion the line that defends our most needy," State Senator Aisha Wahab said.
27% : RELATED: What Donald Trump has said he would do on Day 1 if reelected UC Santa Cruz Professor Nolan Higdon says Trump has not made a plan fully clear, but this follows decades-old Republican ideals that democracy works best when it's local.
25% : " Trump cannot act alone on this, it would take an act of Congress to remove the DOE.

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