WEEK 3

One of the big topics over the last week has been all about Donald Trump becoming our new president. I personally don't know how I feel too much about him winning, and what he is going to do as the new President of the Unites States, but one thing for certain is that I"m definitely happy that Hillary Clinton is not going to be our next president. Lisa Nielsen, a blogger on education, was very curious about the turnout of events and how all of this is going to have an effect on American Education. Therefore, she decided to a little bit of research on how Donald Trump feels on education and found a few interesting things. In 2015, Donald Trump published a book, 

Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again, where he lays out a specific policy in a number of areas including education.

So what exactly does a trump education mean? Let's try to find out.

He said he wants to spend $20 billion for some kind of federal program to promote school choice. He said he wants to abolish the Department of Education. He said that he wants to prohibit states from making schools gun-free zones.

So who knows, can we really believe Trump at face-value??

On top of this, here is a chart made by Lisa Nielsen of what Trump says he wants to see more of and what he wants to see less of.

More	Less
1) Standards
Personal / Student Success Plans	Common Core
2) Department of Education Influence
Distribution of Services	Department of Education
3) Standardized Testing
Micro-credentials / Certifications Portfolios	Standardized Testing
4) College Readiness
Focus on Workforce Ready	Focus on College Ready
5) Public School Students
Religious, Military, Corporate, Independent, Trade and Home schools	Traditional Government Schools
6) Student Debt
Colleges sharing risk of student loans if students don’t find employment.	Student debt
7) Student Under/Unemployment
Student jobs Majors that result in careers	Student unemployment Majors in areas such as liberal arts for those wanting student loans