In my last article, I shared information pertaining to three executive orders issued by Mr. Donald J. Trump: EO 14242 – Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities, EO 14191 – Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families, and EO 14190 – Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. Here are two additional orders pertaining to education:
EO 14277 – Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth
This EO promotes AI literacy in our Nation’s youth. Incorporating AI education into K-12 curricula and enhancing teacher training will ensure the United States “remains a global leader in this technological revolution” (The WH, 3025). This EO policy is dedicated to “promoting the appropriate integration of AI into education, providing comprehensive AI training for educators, and fostering early exposure to AI concepts and technology to develop an AI-ready workforce and the next generation of American AI innovators” (The WH, 2025).
EO 14280 – Reinstating Commonsense School Discipline Policies
This EO restores traditional discipline policies by eliminating equity-based approaches to discipline. One such equity-based approach was instituted in January 2014, when “the Department of Education and the Department of Justice jointly issued a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter regarding school discipline” in which “the letter effectively required schools to discriminate on the basis of race by imposing discipline based on racial characteristics, rather than on objective behavior alone” (The WH, 2025). Going back to a focus on behavior and not student race will ensure students’ conduct is uniformly addressed.
These executive orders on education benefit all students, because they apply to all students. Communities, commanders, schools, and families – regardless of race – will benefit from a new focus on AI in the classrooms, places where disciplinary actions will fit the crime and not the criminal.
“Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth.” The White House Website, 23 Apr. 2025, www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2025/04/28/2025-07368/advancing-artificial-intelligence-education-for-american-youth. Accessed 1 Jun 2025.
“Reinstating Commonsense School Discipline Policies.” The White House Website, 23 Apr. 2025, www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/28/2025-07377/reinstating-commonsense-school-discipline-policies. Accessed 1 Jun 2025.
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