Trump Tests Local Control of Schools

“With a series of executive orders, President Trump has demonstrated that he has the appetite for an audacious fight to remake public education in the image of his ‘anti-woke,’ populist political movement,” the New York Times reports.

“But in a country unique among nations for its hyperlocal control of schools, the effort is likely to run into legal, logistical and funding trouble as it tests the limits of federal power over K-12 education.”