The executive orders fulfill a campaign pledge Trump made to go after schools that promote far-left ideologies.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday prohibiting federal funds from being allocated to public schools that promote critical race theory (CRT) or radical gender ideology. He also signed an order to combat the increase in anti-semitism that has been prevalent on college campuses since the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
The order titled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” asserts that parents trust schools to provide a “rigorous education” to their children, but in recent years, public confidence has declined as schools “indoctrinate their children in radical, anti-American ideologies while deliberately blocking parental oversight.” It argues that such an environment…
