Trump seeks to reshape how schools discipline students

Photo: Cherokee Heritage Museum – Village school – wooden paddle. Photo credit: Wesley Fryer via Flickr | Wikimedia. CC BY 2.0. Article by F. Chris Curran. The Conversation – April 30, 2025.

The Trump administration is trying to reshape how schools discipline students – and alter the federal government’s role in the process. On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order suggesting schools have been using racially discriminatory discipline policies. It sets in motion new federal guidance that would reverse policies supported by the Obama and Biden administrations aimed at reducing racial disparities in how Black children and other students of color are disciplined in school. […]

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