Trump's orders take aim at critical race theory and antisemitism on college campuses
President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as 바카라 게임 웹사이트critical race theory바카라 게임 웹사이트 and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money.
A separate plan announced Wednesday calls for aggressive action to fight antisemitism on college campuses, promising to prosecute offenders and revoke visas for international students found to be 바카라 게임 웹사이트Hamas sympathizers.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Both plans were outlined in executive orders signed by Trump on Wednesday. The measures seek to fulfill some of the Republican president's core campaign promises around education, though it's unclear how much power he has to enact the proposals.
His order on K-12 schools declares that federal money cannot be used on the 바카라 게임 웹사이트indoctrination바카라 게임 웹사이트 of children, including 바카라 게임 웹사이트radical gender ideology and critical race theory.바카라 게임 웹사이트 It says civil rights laws barring discrimination based on sex and race would be used to enforce the order, calling critical race theory an 바카라 게임 웹사이트inherently racist policy.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Examples cited in the order include a policy at Harrisonburg City Public Schools in Virginia requiring teachers to use students' preferred names and pronouns. Another policy at Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin says schools should 바카라 게임 웹사이트disrupt the gender binary바카라 게임 웹사이트 by teaching students to embrace different gender identities, according to the order.
The Education Department바카라 게임 웹사이트s Office for Civil Rights investigates allegations of civil rights violations and can impose sanctions up to a total loss of federal money, though that penalty has almost never been used and must be approved by a judge.
The order unfairly tarnishes teachers and makes it harder for them to do their jobs, said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Today is a sad day because the Trump administration is doing exactly what it accuses others of: creating division and fear in classrooms across America,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said.
Trump also directs the education secretary to craft a strategy within 90 days to 바카라 게임 웹사이트end indoctrination in K-12 education.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Trump has appointed billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon as his education chief, but her Senate confirmation hearing has not been scheduled.
During his campaign, Trump said he would sign an order 바카라 게임 웹사이트on day one바카라 게임 웹사이트 to cut federal money for schools that push critical race theory or other 바카라 게임 웹사이트inappropriate바카라 게임 웹사이트 content. The federal government provides billions of dollars to schools every year, though the vast majority of their money comes from state and local sources.
The measure taps into a wave of conservative anger that has taken aim at classroom lessons that some see as too liberal. A growing number of Republican states have adopted laws or rules barring the teaching of critical race theory or 바카라 게임 웹사이트divisive concepts바카라 게임 웹사이트 in public schools and universities.
Opponents say the rules impose vague restrictions on teachers and create a chilling effect on discussions about history and other subjects.
The term 바카라 게임 웹사이트critical race theory바카라 게임 웹사이트 is used by conservatives as a catchall for subjects they don바카라 게임 웹사이트t want to be taught in the classroom, though, in reality, it refers to a complex academic and legal framework centered on the idea that racism is embedded in the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트s systems.
Trey Walk, a researcher and advocate with Human Rights Watch, said students have a right to learn about how discrimination can be entrenched in law and society. 바카라 게임 웹사이트If the US denies young people this knowledge, it has little hope of eradicating racism,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
Trump's plan to fight antisemitism would 바카라 게임 웹사이트marshal all federal resources" and bring immediate action from the Justice Department to investigate and punish offenders on U.S. campuses. It calls for the deportation of nonresident aliens who 바카라 게임 웹사이트violate our laws,바카라 게임 웹사이트 citing previous threats by Trump to revoke student visas for international students who attended pro-Palestinian protests.
Trump's action promises to 바카라 게임 웹사이트protect law and order, quell pro-Hamas vandalism and intimidation, and investigate and punish anti-Jewish racism in leftist, anti-American colleges and universities.바카라 게임 웹사이트
It drew swift backlash from civil rights groups who said campus protests have mostly been peaceful and are protected by constitutional free speech rights.
Edward Ahmed Mitchell, national deputy director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the action is discriminatory and wrongly characterizes protesters as 바카라 게임 웹사이트pro-jihadist바카라 게임 웹사이트 or 바카라 게임 웹사이트pro-Hamas.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트These college students were Jewish, Muslim, Black, Palestinian and various other races who were simply protesting what they viewed as a genocide in Gaza,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Mitchell said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They are no different than the students who protested Vietnam or segregation or apartheid in South Africa.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Tensions over the Israel-Hamas war led to emotional demonstrations on U.S. campuses, including a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments that led to some 3,200 arrests.
The Biden administration opened more than 100 investigations into alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia at schools and universities after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. A flurry of schools reached deals to settle the cases before Trump took office amid fears that he would issue heavier sanctions.
The White House on Wednesday also reinstated an order from Trump's first term establishing the 1776 Commission to promote 바카라 게임 웹사이트patriotic education바카라 게임 웹사이트 in U.S. schools.
Biden revoked the order and the commission's guide for teaching history. The guide played down America바카라 게임 웹사이트s role in slavery and argued that the civil rights movement ran afoul of the 바카라 게임 웹사이트lofty ideals바카라 게임 웹사이트 espoused by the Founding Fathers. It was widely panned by historians, who said it was outdated and ignored decades of research.
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Associated Press writer Jocelyn Gecker in San Francisco contributed to this report.