盐湖城 —— 一位特许学校创始人兼执行总监正在支持特朗普政府将联邦官僚机构从课堂中剥离、并将教育权力归还给各州的努力。
SALT LAKE CITY — A charter school founder and executive is throwing her support behind the Trump administration’s effort to strip federal bureaucracy from classrooms and return education authority to the states.
“将我们已经获得的资金归还给各州非常有帮助，但对这些资金减少监管，这样我就能服务于学生的需求——精准地满足他们所需——而不是可能满足华盛顿某人认为他们所需的东西，”美国预备学院创始人兼执行总监卡罗琳·夏雷特对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
"It is very helpful to return the funding to the states that we already get, but with less regulation on those funds so that I can serve our students' needs — precisely what they need— instead of maybe what somebody in Washington thought they needed," Carolyn Sharette, founder and executive director of American Preparatory Academy, told Fox News Digital.
夏雷特于2003年在犹他州创办了美国预备学院。该公立特许学校网络如今在犹他州的八个校区为超过5000名学生提供服务。
Sharette founded APA in Utah in 2003. The public charter school network now serves more than 5,000 students across eight Utah campuses.
“我们非常清楚这里的学生要取得进步究竟需要什么，因此将教育权归还给各州意味着我们能更灵活地使用资金来帮助学生，”夏雷特说。
"We know exactly what our students need here to progress, and so returning the education to the states means we get to use the money in more flexible ways to help our students," Sharette said.
10月20日，美国预备学院西谷城校区成为教育部长琳达·麦克马洪“将教育归还给各州巡回”活动的第47站，该活动旨在突出特朗普政府的K-12（从幼儿园到12年级）改革举措。
On Oct.20, APA’s West Valley City campus served as the 47th stop on Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s 50-state "Returning Education to the States Tour," which aims to highlight the Trump administration's K-12 reform efforts.
在题为“未来250年：K-12教育”的主旨演讲中，麦克马洪强调将权力下放给地方领导者、投资经验证有效的学术干预措施，以及为家庭扩大学校选择权。
Delivering a keynote speech titled "The Next 250: K-12 Education," McMahon emphasized shifting authority back to local leaders, investing in proven academic interventions, and expanding school choice for families.
据美国教育部官员称，近几十年来，超过3万亿美元的联邦纳税人资金已投入K-12教育。尽管投入巨大，但全国评估数据显示，只有约三成学生在数学和阅读方面达到或超过熟练水平。
According to U.S. Department of Education officials, more than $3 trillion in federal taxpayer money has been funneled into K-12 education in recent decades. Despite the massive expenditure, national assessment data shows only about three in 10 students perform at or above proficient levels in math and reading.
上任后，麦克马洪承诺致力于拆解联邦教育机构，包括安排领导者负责逐步淘汰其所在部门。这一努力与唐纳德·特朗普总统更广泛的教育议程保持一致，他在白宫玫瑰园活动中大力倡导学校选择权，突出了这一议程。
Upon taking office, McMahon pledged to work toward dismantling the federal education agency, including installing leaders tasked with phasing out their own divisions. The effort aligns with President Donald Trump’s broader educational agenda, which he highlighted during a White House Rose Garden event championing school choice.
“学校选择实际上非常深远，”夏雷特对福克斯新闻数字版表示。“我们扮演的角色是为家长提供一个场所，如果他们愿意，可以选择一所不同的学校，而他们拥有这一选择权，这非常美好。”
"School choice is really profound, actually," Sharette told Fox News Digital. "The role we play because we provide a place for parents to choose a different school if they'd like, and it's wonderful that they have that option."
“我们提供的是一所古典学校，”夏雷特补充道。“我们通过文学进行教学，我们教授阅读科学。我们学校的阅读成绩一直非常高。因此，寻求严谨和古典教育的家长可以选择我们的学校，并拥有这种自由。” 特朗普还承诺从课堂中消除“极左极端主义”，辩称数十年的联邦行政监管未能产生可接受的学业成果。
"We provide a school that is a classical school," Sharette added. "We teach through literature, we teach the science of reading. We've always had very high reading scores at our school. So parents who are looking for a rigorous and classical education can choose our school and have that freedom." Trump has also pledged to eliminate "far-left extremism" from classrooms, arguing that decades of federal administrative oversight have failed to yield acceptable academic results.
为了精简运作，教育部最近启动了一项新的豁免流程，允许州领导人在使用联邦资金时申请更大的灵活性，同时大幅削减行政繁文缛节。爱荷华州成为全美首个参与该灵活性倡议的州。
To streamline operations, the Department of Education recently launched a new waiver process allowing state leaders to request greater flexibility when spending federal funds, while significantly cutting administrative red tape. Iowa became the first state in the nation to participate in the flexibility initiative.