A good way to start off April Fool’s Day is by listening to this song by a group of young people in Colorado. The lyrics were written by Kevin Welner and are posted at the website of the National Education Policy Center.
The Trump regime says clearly “We believe in local control.” Except when they don’t.
Trump has issued executive orders about what may or may not be taught. Trump’s executive order #14253, signed on March 27, 2025, was titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” What it meant in practice was to censor any teaching or displays that showed the shameful aspects of American history, and to focus instead on “patriotic history.”
Trump has launched a campaign to oust diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as gender studies, African-American studies, and studies of other groups.
Trump has tried to seize control of institutions of higher education institutions by falsely accusing them of anti-Semitism. He has sought to control the admission of students, the curriculum, and the hiring of faculty.
Trump has taken institutions of higher education hostage by withholding or cancelling billions of dollars for research into medicine and science unless they turned control over to the federal government.
But, as the song says, “We believe in local control!”
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Re “Trump has issued executive orders about what may or may not be taught.”
Federal law prohibits the federal government from prescribing curricula. Not that Trump has ever deigned to obey the law.
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Trump doesn’t care about the law or the Constitution. The Supreme Court right now is hearing his claim that “birthright citizenship,” which is part of the 14th amendment, does not exist.
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and, as Trump and the Republican government led agencies trained the younger generations as monkeys, the children will not develop their individual critical thinking skills, and, Trump may think he can achieve an all Christian nation, made up of the future generations that can’t think on their own, who only knows how to OBEY their government’s authorities, without questioning if the government is just or right in ruling. the next generations of well-trained CIRCUS MONKEYS are, “bred”…I’m really glad, that i’m NOT of this “next generations” of brainwashed babies!
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If children were really raised Christian, they would reject Trump and the greed and heartlessness for which he stands.
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