The Trump administration proposes cutting $12 billion from public education, including $4.5 billion from after-school programs, technology, and teacher training that enrich children's learning and future readiness. The proposal redirects taxpayer dollars toward unaccountable private and charter schools, even as many charters close due to fraud or declining enrollment. Neighborhood schools, teachers, and community resources help all students succeed and deserve protection. Congress must reject these cuts to ensure every child has a strong, well-funded public education. The term "woke" represented efforts to broaden inclusion, while recent political shifts exclude marginalized groups. ICE arrests in Oakland are described as kidnappings.
As a parent and a teacher in San Jose, I've seen how after-school programs, technology and teacher training enrich our children's education and prepare them for the future. That's why I am alarmed by the Trump administration's proposal to slash $12 billion from public education, including $4.5 billion from these very programs. Instead of strengthening the public schools that serve the vast majority of American children, the administration is diverting taxpayer dollars into unaccountable private and charter schools.
I'm not sure anyone, especially MAGA types, can define "woke," but I do know that that movement was a hard-fought attempt to include more people under the great American tent ... but now for the great swing of the pendulum to the right. Donald Trump and his acolytes miss the irony that their views on society are now every bit as exclusive. Gays, transgender folks, minorities, multinationals and, to a degree, women are being penciled out of the American dream.
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