Can Donald Trump undo the years of progressive indoctrination in American educational institutions? He’s going to try.
The Trump campaign has been vocal about its intent to counter Left-wing dogma in American schools, but the specifics remain underdeveloped. One of the campaign’s key promises is to cut federal funding to any school that is found to push “critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children”.
Additionally, the campaign pledges to “restore parental rights in education”, though the campaign does not specify what policies will be taken to accomplish this. Trump has vowed to pursue legal action against universities that engage in racial discrimination, yet stops short of offering specific measures to combat the promotion of DEI and critical race theory in colleges.
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Neetu Arnold is a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute.
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