Trump Admin to Distribute Millions in ‘Patriotic Education’ Grants for Students
“By supporting seminars that encourage a deeper understanding of our constitutional republic, this new program aims to equip educators or students with the knowledge and character needed to uphold the freedoms we enjoy.”
This is in anticipation of the country’s 250th anniversary next year. It’s a great idea.
The College Fix reports:
Trump admin to distribute $14.2M for patriotic education grants to mark America’s 250th anniversary
President Donald Trump’s Education Department recently announced a new pool of federal grant money aimed at helping teach about American history and civics as the nation marks its 250th anniversary next year.
Called the American History and Civics Education National Activities-Seminars for America’s semiquincentennial program, it aims to create evidence-based seminars to coincide with the nation’s anniversary in 2026.
The grants will pay for seminars for educators or students on American history and civics, with a focus on primary documents and topics such as the Declaration of Independence, the principles of the founding fathers, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
The available pool of funding sits at $14.2 million, said department official Orman Feres during a July 1 webinar explaining the grants, adding the department expects to provide between seven and 10 awards.
“The upcoming Semiquincentennial of America’s founding is more than a commemorative milestone—it is a call to reinvest in the education and cultivation of a citizenry capable of sustaining the American experiment in self-government,” the federal registry application guidelines state.
“By supporting seminars that encourage a deeper understanding of our constitutional republic, this new program aims to equip educators or students with the knowledge and character needed to uphold the freedoms we enjoy,” the guidelines state.
“Through an honest engagement with our history and an appreciation of the institutions that make our civil society flourish, we can prepare the next generation to carry forward the principles of liberty, limited government, and dedication to the doctrine of equality that define our nation,” they add.
The grant selection process will prioritize applicants from colleges and universities “that have established independent academic units dedicated to civic thought, constitutional studies, American history, leadership, and economic liberty,” according to the federal register.
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thats what our already PAID schools are suppose to be doing and if not,,,stop funding them
…are suppose(d) to be doing…
TNX. Haven’t yet had a good laugh today.
If you don’t believe him you are free to go back to the arguments for founding the public school system which consisted of discussing the need for patriotic education exactly as he said.
Inculcating patriotism in young Americans is literally the reason public school exists, he is right to be concerned about conceding that it doesn’t have to be.
That said Trump is highly limited in what he could achieve so this is at least better than nothing.
So let’s recapitulate our failure.
That’s sanity, for sure.