Her satisfaction with the president includes his plans for schools, even though his proposed budget slashes $9 billion from federal education programs. “I don’t know – I don’t necessarily think that’s the responsibility of the federal government.”McClung’s view stands in contrast with many of the nation’s leading education groups and teachers unions who are decrying the proposed education budget. The American Federation of Teachers said Trump’s proposal “takes a meat cleaver to public education.” The nation’s former secretary of education John King said that the cuts will hurt all students, especially low-income and minority ones. The proposed budget slashes funding for a number of education programs ― including ones that provide after-school programming and teacher training ― overall decreasing Education Department spending by over 13 percent. These areas might have only one public school system or one school for all students.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2017 16:30 UTC