Chicago – August 14, 2024
aWith former teacher Gov. Tim Walz rounding out the Democratic ticket, education could become a talking point in this election.
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trumphas laid out his education policy plans in Agenda47. Separate from the oft-mentioned Project 2025, Agenda47 covers Trump’s official policy platform on issues including crime, healthcare and immigration. Agenda47 on education proposes 10 ideas for “great schools leading to great jobs” that range from curriculum requirements to preferential funding for schools with internship programs.
This election comes at a pivotal time for educators, says Jon Valant, director at the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution. Between the pandemic and the culture wars, teachers have had a rough few years and he says Trump’s proposals are unlikely to alleviate the core of those issues.
“All of these are politics more than policy,” Valant said in an interview. “My worry is distraction, these types of proposals…they’re averting people’s eyes from what we should actually be talking about.”
