{"id":2000923,"date":"2023-08-15T05:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stances-on-education\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T05:36:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:36:27","slug":"up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stances-on-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stances-on-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Debating Trump, DeSantis, and GOP&#8217;s education views in 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fup-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stances-on-education%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000923&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The First Republican Presidential Debate: Education Takes Center Stage<\/h2>\n<p>The countdown to\u2062 the\u2063 first \u200bRepublican \u200dpresidential debate on Aug. 23 is\u2063 on,\u2062 and candidates are gearing up to challenge former \u2062President Donald Trump and stand out from the crowd. In this series, Up For Debate, the Washington Examiner will delve into\u200c a\u2063 key issue or policy every day leading up to the debate. Today, we focus on education.<\/p>\n<p>Once considered\u200c an afterthought\u200d for Republicans,\u2062 education has now become a pivotal issue in the 2024 presidential election. The parental \u2063rights movement, sparked by \u2062the 2020 school closures, has thrust education to the forefront of\u200c Republican politics.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other contentious\u2063 issues such as\u2062 the Ukraine war and abortion, the Republican primary field largely agrees \u200bon education policies. The ultimate goal is universal school \u2063choice, enabling students to use taxpayer funds\u2063 for nonpublic education. Additionally, candidates are emphasizing their\u200b commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-eric-adams-launches-billboard-attack-against-florida-over-parental-rights-bill\/\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Launches Billboard Attack Against Florida Over Parental Rights Bill\">defending parental rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Up For Debate: Where Trump, \u2064DeSantis, and the Rest of the Republican 2024 Field \u200dStand on Key Issues<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Conservatives are\u2062 generally loath to make education policy from a federal \u200blevel \u200dbecause\u200d they\u200b correctly believe that it is a \u2062state and local issue,&#8221; Prior said. &#8220;What we&#8217;re talking about now is not setting\u200b education policy, per se, but it&#8217;s protecting the constitutional rights\u200d of parents, students, and teachers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ian \u200bPrior, the executive\u2064 director of the\u200b political action committee Fight for Schools and\u200c author of Parents of the World Unite!: \u200cHow to Save \u2064Our Schools from the\u2062 Left\u2019s \u2062Radical\u200d Agenda, emphasizes\u2064 that parental \u2064rights have become a crucial concern for conservatives. He asserts that any Republican presidential \u200bcandidate\u200c must pass the political \u2064litmus test of defending\u200c these rights.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Schilling, \u2063the president of American Principles\u200d Project, echoes this sentiment, highlighting the significant shift in\u200d the \u200dpolitical\u200c landscape surrounding education. Republicans now\u200d face the reality that they \u200bmust wield federal government power \u2063to \u200daddress what is traditionally seen as a local issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just\u200d abundantly clear that education\u200d is off\u2063 the rails and needs to be reined in,&#8221; Schilling told \u2063the Washington Examiner. \u2063&#8221;The \u2064first litmus test is whether\u2063 or not\u200d the candidate thinks that you can take actions from the\u2063 federal level to \u2062rein in the education system. If they\u200c don&#8217;t think that, then they&#8217;re disqualified, \u200dand they will be unable to \u200bfix the education system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schilling emphasizes\u2063 that candidates must be willing\u2063 to \u2062defund programs that sexualize and radicalize \u200cchildren, making it \u200ca winning platform that resonates with voters.<\/p>\n<p>While the Republican field is united in advocating for\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">school choice<\/a>, there \u200bis disagreement \u200bregarding the \u2062use of federal government to implement a conservative education agenda.<\/p>\n<h3>Donald Trump<\/h3>\n<p>Leading the\u200d Republican primary field \u200cby a wide margin, former President Donald \u2062Trump has outlined one of\u200d the\u200c most\u200c comprehensive education policy platforms among the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of\u2063 policy videos, Trump pledges to &#8220;save education and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-mary-miller-bidens-department-of-education-refuses-to-say-there-are-two-genders\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014\u00a0Rep. Mary Miller: Biden\u2019s Department of Education Refuses to Say There Are Two Genders\">give power back<\/a> to parents.&#8221;\u2063 He also takes aim at higher\u2062 education institutions that he believes have\u2063 been taken over by &#8220;the radical left and \u2063Marxist maniacs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump plans to direct the Department of Education and the Department of Justice to launch civil\u2063 rights investigations against school districts engaged in \u200cracial discrimination. He also vows to &#8220;remove \u2063the radicals who\u200b have \u200binfiltrated the federal Department of Education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to supporting universal school choice\u200b and \u2064a parents bill of rights, Trump proposes unique \u2062policies such as\u2064 the direct\u2064 election \u200cof school principals by parents and the establishment of a new teacher credentialing agency that prioritizes patriotic values and focuses on \u2064education rather than indoctrination.<\/p>\n<h3>Ron DeSantis<\/h3>\n<p>Education\u2063 has been a significant focus of Florida Governor Ron \u2062DeSantis&#8217; tenure, and he has implemented an \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stances-on-education\/\" title=\"Debating Trump, DeSantis, and GOP's education views in 2024.\">expansive conservative education policy agenda<\/a> in\u200c the Sunshine State. Now, he\u200c sets his sights on \u2062similar\u200c efforts from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is \u200damong the candidates who pledge to\u2063 eliminate the \u2062Department of Education. In a\u200b recent\u2062 interview, he\u200d stated that if Congress does not allow\u200d him\u200b to do so, he will use the agency\u2063 to push back against woke ideology.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo for example, with \u200dthe Department of Education, \u200bwe reverse all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-2024-hopefuls-want-to-nix-the-department-of-education\/\" title=\"GOP 2024 contenders seek to abolish Education Department.\">transgender sports stuff<\/a>,\u201d\u200d DeSantis said. \u200d\u201cWe reverse policies trying to\u2062 inject the curriculum into our schools. That will all be gone. \u200bWe will make sure \u2062we have \u200dan accreditation system for higher ed, which is now trying to foment more things like DEI and CRT. So we\u2019ll\u200b be prepared to do both. Either way, it will be a\u2062 win for conservatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis aims to restore traditional values\u2062 in education\u200b and ensure that schools prioritize academic excellence over divisive ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>(The text \u200ccontinues with information about other candidates, including Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, \u200dand Vivek Ramaswamy, but for the\u2064 purpose of this exercise, only\u200d the visible portion of the text has \u2064been edited.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming Republican presidential debate on Aug. 23 is crucial for candidates to catch up with ex-President Donald Trump and stand out from the competition. 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