Executive Orders on US Education, NATO’s Response to Russia, and More

June 13, 2022

Despite America’s tradition of state and local control over education, there are ample examples of presidents from both parties using executive orders to unilaterally pursue key education policy changes. In a new report, Kenneth Wong and Coral Flanagan focus on the ways in which Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump have made their marks on K-12 education policy.

“While the Founding Act produced tangible results in its early years, Europe today faces an aggressive, revanchist Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions have destroyed the basis for cooperation. NATO should suspend the Founding Act and, in particular, renounce its assurance regarding the stationing of conventional forces on the territory of new member states,” argue Daniel Fried, Steven Pifer, and Alexander Vershbow.

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On the latest episode of Foresight Africa, two young Ugandan climate activists—Hilda Flavia Nakabuye and Morris Nyombi—join Aloysius Uche Ordu to discuss their efforts to meet the challenges of climate change in their country, region, and continent. The two also share their messages for leaders who will gather for COP27 in Egypt later this year.

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