Author: Erica Meltzer, Caroline Bauman

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Donald Trump will become the 47th president with his inauguration on Monday. What do America’s educators want from him?It remains to be seen how his administration will directly affect students and teachers. On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to get rid of the U.S. Department of Education, remove “woke ideology” from public schools, and return to the basics of reading, writing, and math. He’s also called for mass deportations and rolling back rights for transgender students.After the election, Chalkbeat asked teachers around the…