President-elect Donald J. Trump published his Eleven Point Education Plan through a video on X, on November 10, 2024. His plan mirrors Chapter Seven of the Republican Platform, which was crafted by President Trump’s team. There are nine points to the Republican Education Platform and 11 to Trump’s recently published plan where it appears two workforce development points were added: internships and job and career counseling.
What follows are the 11 points of Trump’s plan.
The primary reason my organization endorsed candidate Trump was his campaign promises as articulated in points one and 11, to end federal education and return control to parents. Of course, with campaign promises, the ability to deliver is in the details.
While we may agree or disagree with points two to 10, we do not believe any of these goals should be up to the federal government to decide. We also assert that the federal government does not have the power to enforce any of these policies, although the federal government has used the power of the purse to persuade decisively.
Trump’s point number seven, school choice, has been the mantra of Republicans for decades. On its face, “school choice” appears to be a viable solution for making........