We have an expression: Make America Great Again, and that’s what we’re doing. I just want to thank you for being a very big part of it." - President Donald J. Trump
The declaration emphasizes seven principles — parental choice and responsibility; transparency and accountability; truth and goodness; cultural transmission; character formation; academic excellence; and citizenship.
“I don’t know how anyone could disagree with parental choice and responsibility, curriculum transparency, academic excellence, and instruction on objective truth,” said Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas. “These principles are principles that everyone across the board on both sides of the aisles can agree with.”
The declaration says that students "should learn that there is objective truth and that it is knowable."
"Science courses must be grounded in reality, not ideological fads," it continues. "Students should learn that good and evil exist, and that human beings have the capacity and duty to choose good."
The declaration goes on to decry "fads or experimental teaching methods" in favor of "core knowledge and tried-and-true pedagogy."