Are Trump's Policies Destructive?

Why? because she doesn't support common core?

Oh, I don't know, let's see, maybe it's because she destroyed Detroit's charter school system through her own incompetence, which even charter school advocates acknowledge as a complete failure, or maybe it's because she wants to essentially defund the public school system by redirecting public money to private schools and for-profit charters. She has no actual experience in education or working in a school environment (only running one and running it into the ground), and I don't know about you, but when I look at people to hire, relevant experience is pretty damn high on the list. I have some problems with Common Core myself, but do I think she can come up with better education standards and practices? Hell no. None of the teachers I know are anywhere close to thrilled by this choice. My mom, also a former teacher, is glad to have retired 2 years ago.

That's a fair arguement, but I think it's important to understand why she wants to lower the funding to public schools: to make it possible for families without the means to send their kids to private schools (which, at least in my state and the states nearby are almost always of higher quality). In my eyes, public schools are really just government-controlled schools and private schools are the only ones with some freedom to do what they want. Forcing middle and lower class kids to go to public schools restricts the freedom of choice of education of those without deep pockets.

Well said and very informed. Good to see. Many with strong opinions are ignorant of history, facts, basic logic and critical analysis skills. Your comment is a pleasure to see. @KeasbeyNights:

I agree. Schooling is best at the local level. No question about it.
But Common Core was/is more a civil rights program than an 'education' program. Idea was to achieve equality through educational equality. I think this was and is the wrong approach when done at the Federal level@Invisible:

@Sacron22: I agree entirely. We need more state's rights. This is the only way to get progress within America because if people don't like what's happening in a state, [i]they can just move to one that does it better[/i]. That's how you get progress and evolution in standards the natural way.

@keasbeynights: An idiot as far as her education policies go? She is on record supporting obozs education policy. Yeah, I guess you're right.

@Invisible: She supported common core before she didn't.

@Katielass: As far as I've heard, she was never explicitly about it until recently. Some news orgs said that she was pro common core, so she told them explicitly that she didn't. If you can find her saying that she supports common core, share links please

@Invisible: Just going by what the always accurate media said. I never heard of her.

Well, there's your problem

@Invisible: I know, but I was hoping to make a point. The bottom line is this. The rabidly bitter left will demonize every last thing trump does no matter what. He could singlehandedly come up with a cure for cancer and they would bitch that he had the knowledge 10 years ago and intentionally let hundreds of thousands die.

@Katielass: Never said I was a fan of Obama's education policies either, don't assume. I don't think Arne Duncan or John King were effective in their test the kids to death and punish the teachers for not effectively teaching to the test regimes.