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Trump signs orders to expand school choice, end ‘radical indoctrination’

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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Wednesday directing federal agencies to expand educational freedom and opportunity for families and end “radical indoctrination” in K–12 education.

The executive order to expand school choice is designed “to support parents in choosing and directing the upbringing and education of their children” by using federal funding “to support K–12 educational choice initiatives.”

“Parents want and deserve the best education for their children. But too many children do not thrive in their assigned, government-run K–12 school,” the executive order reads. “According to this year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 70% of eighth graders were below proficient in reading, and 72% were below proficient in math. Moreover, geographically based school assignments exacerbate the cost of housing in districts with preferred schools, straining the finances of millions of American families sacrificing for their children’s futures.”

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I went to Catholic school for 12 years, and indoctrination was incorporated in all our subjects. And we didn't all turn out well. Sean Hannity went to the same Catholic high school my brother attended.
7 of my 12 year Catholic schooling was pre-Vatican II.
The Catholic schools in my town now are about 20% non-Catholic, mostly affluent. They have to go to Mass, say Catholic prayers, learn Catholic theology.
Is that not indoctrination?
Indoctrination is a values-neutral word.
Militia groups in the hills can indoctrinate their students with violence and hate.
Segregated schools can indoctrinate their students with racism.
 
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I went to Catholic school for 12 years, and indoctrination was incorporated in all our subjects. And we didn't all turn out well. Sean Hannity went to the same Catholic high school my brother attended.
7 of my 12 year Catholic schooling was pre-Vatican II.
The Catholic schools in my town now are about 20% non-Catholic, mostly affluent. They have to go to Mass, say Catholic prayers, learn Catholic theology.
Is that not indoctrination?
Indoctrination is a values-neutral word.
Militia groups in the hills can indoctrinate their students with violence and hate.
Segregated schools can indoctrinate their students with racism.
I agree by the same token if parents are paying for that then they agree with those values and have no issue with what is taught. A government school that must educate everyone is a little different in that the parents are at best INDIRECTLY choosing it with school choice if a parent wished for someone other than the government (or a particular government school to educate their children money would not be an issue.
 
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