And to put Americans first again.” (161). America was once one of the richest and strongest countries in the world; Trump intends to do all that is in his power to restore it. Donald Trump hasn’t made many of his thoughts and plans on K-12 education very clear, but he has made a few things very clear. “Since he began running for president last year, Trump has made one position he holds on education very clear: He despises the Common Core State Standards and has repeatedly pledged to get rid of them.” (Ujifusa 1). Common Core is one of the worst things to happen to public school education. It takes away from the quality of education that children are able to receive, because the focus of the teacher is not on the students but on the paperwork they have to complete. This is because government officials who have never stepped foot inside of a class room past the age of which they graduated college have no idea what it takes to teach a class and complete all the paperwork. Trump has ideas of his own, “We’ll have school boards, and we’ll have local. We’re not going to have it through Washington.” (Ujifusa 19). Trump wants to remove the influence of government in
And to put Americans first again.” (161). America was once one of the richest and strongest countries in the world; Trump intends to do all that is in his power to restore it. Donald Trump hasn’t made many of his thoughts and plans on K-12 education very clear, but he has made a few things very clear. “Since he began running for president last year, Trump has made one position he holds on education very clear: He despises the Common Core State Standards and has repeatedly pledged to get rid of them.” (Ujifusa 1). Common Core is one of the worst things to happen to public school education. It takes away from the quality of education that children are able to receive, because the focus of the teacher is not on the students but on the paperwork they have to complete. This is because government officials who have never stepped foot inside of a class room past the age of which they graduated college have no idea what it takes to teach a class and complete all the paperwork. Trump has ideas of his own, “We’ll have school boards, and we’ll have local. We’re not going to have it through Washington.” (Ujifusa 19). Trump wants to remove the influence of government in