Donald Trump’s return to office is likely to have profound implications for the nation’s public schools. In this episode we start to grapple with five major policy areas that are likely to be impacted: immigration, school choice, teacher unions, student civil rights and religion. With the aid of experts Sophia Rodriguez, Jon Valant, Mimi Arnold Lyon, Derek Black and Ben Justice, Have You Heard gives you a sense of what to expect and how to prepare for what’s coming.
Recommended readings
Sophia Rodriguez et al, “‘Immigration Enforcement Is a Daily Part of Our Students’ Lives’: School Social Workers’ Perceptions of Racialized Nested Contexts of Reception for Immigrant Students,” AERA Open, January 2022.
Melissa Arnold Lyon, “The resurgence and impacts of teacher strikes,” Brookings Institution, November 18, 2024
Alyson Klein, “What a National School Choice Program Under President Trump Might Look Like,” EdWeek, November 20, 2024.
Adam Laats, “Back to the Future: Why ‘Let’s have public schools like the Founding Fathers had’ is such a terrible idea,” Slate, November 20, 2024.
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