National Education Association President Becky Pringle released the following statement reacting to Donald Trump’s expected Executive Order pushing to end the Department of Education – his latest extreme action that hurts our students and public schools:
The Trump administration issued yet another dangerous executive order that aims to withhold federal funds to schools that teach the whole history of America.
Trump is using his Project 2025 playbook to privatize education because he knows vouchers have repeatedly been a failure in Congress and rejected by voters at the ballot box
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration issued federal guidance in gender-affirming medical care that makes it easier to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people and potentially put them in harm’s way.
National Education Association President Becky Pringle released the following statement responding to the Trump Administration’s federal funding freeze:
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration began purging public-facing resources, shutting down offices and suspending professional personnel who do critical work for the U.S. federal government on Diversity, Equity and inclusion, including the U.S. Department of Education. The move removed hundreds of critical documents, training manuals and guidance for public schools and educators.
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