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What the 2024 Elections Mean for Education

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What will last Tuesday’s elections mean for education? Will President Trump actually eliminate the Department of Education? What does the future of school choice look like? Will Democrats and Republicans team up on workforce issues? And who will be the next secretary of education?

On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus discusses these questions and more with Derrell Bradford, Preston Cooper, Ginny Gentles, Heather Harding, and Rick Hess.

Derrell Bradford is the president of 50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now.

Preston Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he works on higher education ROI, student loans, and higher education reform.

Virginia Gentles is the director of the Education Freedom and Parental Rights Initiative at the Defense of Freedom Institute.

Heather Harding is the executive director of the Campaign for Our Shared Future.

Frederick M. Hess is the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and an affiliate of AEI’s James Q. Wilson Program in K–12 Education Studies, where he works on K–12 and higher education issues.

Note: This episode is adapted from an American Enterprise Institute event held on November 6. A video recording of the event can be found here.

Host:
Nat Malkus