Rachel Perera, a fellow for the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution, says she was surprised by the executive order, given that Trump’s decision to try to sunset the Department of Education was framed as a move to give back power over education to states and districts. “A lot of the things kids are dealing with are mental health challenges,” Penner explains, “and exacerbating that with less time in the classroom and with negative interactions with adults is not necessarily in the best interest of the kid in terms of getting them back on track and learning with their classmates.” “I think it would be a mistake to disrupt that work because I do think that schools are right, that getting kids in class more is important,” Penner says, “and giving teachers and students and families and school leaders the supports they need to make that happen in a way that makes the learning environment as supportive of all those people as possible is the thing to pursue.
Author: Nadia Tamez-Robledo
Published at: 2025-04-30 21:40:16
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