Trump Signs Order to Ban Teaching on Racism and Gender Identity in U.S. Public Schools

The directive threatens federal funding for schools that promote lessons on structural racism or gender identity, part of a broader Republican educational agenda.

• President Donald Trump has issued an order to prohibit public schools from teaching or promoting concepts related to structural racism and gender identity.
• The directive claims such lessons 'indoctrinate' children with 'radical, anti-American ideologies' and force them to identify as either victims or oppressors based on their race or other characteristics.
• Schools that violate the order risk losing access to federal funding, intensifying debates over educational content in the U.S.
• The policy also restricts schools from supporting transgender students in matters like preferred names or pronouns without parental consent.
• The move is part of a larger Republican push against so-called 'woke' education, alongside efforts to expand school choice by redirecting public funds to private or religious schools.

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