Posted On: 11/26/2016 4:41:07 PM
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Education - The Heartland Institute has released its “Action Plan for President Trump,” which includes a five-point education plan. These include eliminating the Department of Education, ending Common Core and restoring funding to the DC Opportunity program.
The plan reads, “Under the U.S. Constitution, K–12 education is a state and local responsibility, not a federal one
Under the U.S. Constitution, K–12 education is a state and local responsibility, not a federal one. A Trump administration should sharply reduce the federal government’s involvement in K–12 and higher education – not because education isn’t important, but because it is too important to entrust to the federal bureaucracy. Specifically,
Eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. If this is not politically possible, then block-grant most or all of the department’s funding back to the states. Preserve and restore state and local autonomy by repealing federal regulations and red tape attached to federal funds.
Withdraw the national government’s endorsement of Common Core State Standards by ending government support of the failed experiment and de-linking federal funding currently attached to it.
Restore funding of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, which Congress failed to fund in 2015 – or, even better, endorse education savings accounts for all students in the District.
End the Obama administration’s war on for-profit higher education, which recently led to the demise of a school that provided affordable education to some 40,000 students. For-profit colleges and universities should not be held to higher standards than nonprofit schools.
Reduce federal subsidies to higher education, whether direct for research and other programs, or indirect via student scholarships and loans. Such subsidies have led to higher tuition fees and featherbedding by colleges and universities.
The plan reads, “Under the U.S. Constitution, K–12 education is a state and local responsibility, not a federal one
Under the U.S. Constitution, K–12 education is a state and local responsibility, not a federal one. A Trump administration should sharply reduce the federal government’s involvement in K–12 and higher education – not because education isn’t important, but because it is too important to entrust to the federal bureaucracy. Specifically,
Eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. If this is not politically possible, then block-grant most or all of the department’s funding back to the states. Preserve and restore state and local autonomy by repealing federal regulations and red tape attached to federal funds.
Withdraw the national government’s endorsement of Common Core State Standards by ending government support of the failed experiment and de-linking federal funding currently attached to it.
Restore funding of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, which Congress failed to fund in 2015 – or, even better, endorse education savings accounts for all students in the District.
End the Obama administration’s war on for-profit higher education, which recently led to the demise of a school that provided affordable education to some 40,000 students. For-profit colleges and universities should not be held to higher standards than nonprofit schools.
Reduce federal subsidies to higher education, whether direct for research and other programs, or indirect via student scholarships and loans. Such subsidies have led to higher tuition fees and featherbedding by colleges and universities.
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