Biden's education secretary made big changes. Here's what the Trump administration could change next.
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week will mean sweeping changes in the way the federal government handles issues from foreign policy to education — and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is already rebutting what he’s expecting to see from his successor.
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week will mean sweeping changes in the way the federal government handles issues from foreign policy to education — and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is already rebutting what he’s expecting to see from his successor.
In an interview with NBC News this week, Cardona, who served in President Joe Biden’s Cabinet for four years, said he is both proud of his efforts to protect the changes implemented under his watch and concerned about how the second Trump administration will handle education issues, including Trump’s stated goal of eliminating the Department of Education altogether.
Cardona said eliminating the department would widen disparities between students and disproportionately hurt the most vulnerable populations.
“The federal Department of Education at its core is a civil rights agency that ensures that students in protected classes, in particular, get their rights, and that students are getting the support that a public education should provide,” Cardona said. “It would create a wider gap between the haves and have nots.”
Trump has repeatedly accused Democrats of politicizing schools and has promised to cut funding to some schools. He has said, “On day one, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content on our children.”
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