President Donald Trump has revealed that he plans to overhaul America’s education system during his second term in the White House.
During a Friday appearance on the Fox News show “Fox & Friends,” Trump vowed to ensure that states will be given the powers to run their own schools without federal interference.
Trump pledged that he will get education “out of Washington.”
During the interview, Trump was asked questions via video from viewers across the country.
One of the questions came from an autistic student in Wisconsin.
The student, Anthony, told Trump that he is concerned about the lack of school choice for autistic children.
“I have high-functioning autism, but my autism means I am only allowed to go to public schools that teach things that promote things against my values and faith,” the student explained.
“This makes life hard and confusing.
“When you become president, what can you and JD Vance do to help other students like me to have a choice of schools?”
“Well, thank you very much,” Trump replied.
“It’s all about school choice.
“You know, that’s one of the biggest things on my platform.
“It’s about school choice, and we’re also going to get it out of Washington.”
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According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the U.S. spends $15,500 per elementary and secondary education student.
This is the fifth highest of any country.
Despite the high spending, Trump said the U.S. education system is lagging behind other nations, such as Norway and Sweden.
Trump promised that his administration would tackle the issue by letting “the states run the schools.”
“You give the schools to Iowa, they’re going to be another Norway. It’s going to be great,” he said.
“You give them to so many different states, Indiana, they’re dying to do it.
“They can do it for less than half [the funding], and you will have those states competing with the best countries.”
Trump added that his goal is to gut the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).
He revealed that he wants the DOE to only “have one person working there, maybe with a secretary.”
“Because we want to make sure they’re teaching English, right?
“And let’s say reading, writing, and arithmetic, not transgender[ism],” he asserted.
Last month, Trump said that, if elected, he would push to “eliminate” the DOE.
He described the DOE as a “government education swamp” that is draining tax dollars.
At a rally in Wisconsin, Trump told supporters:
“We will drain the government education swamp and stop the abuse of your taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth with all sorts of things that you don’t want to have our youth hearing.”
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