教育部长Linda McMahon在Salt Lake City向1200名师生家长演讲：启动「下一个250年：美国教育」系列
美国教育部长 Linda McMahon 10月20日在 Utah 州 Salt Lake City 的 American Preparatory Academy，向约1,200名学生、家长与教育工作者发表题为「下一个250年：K-12教育」（The Next 250: K-12 Education）的演讲。这是她「下一个250年：美国教育」四篇系列演讲的第一篇，教育部同日公布了演讲全文。
McMahon 在演讲中表示，特朗普政府正把教育决策权交还州与地方领导者，投资行之有效的学习方法与经验证的学业干预措施，并为数百万美国学生与家庭扩大教育选择。她说，美国学校曾长期是世界羡慕的对象，课堂以阅读、数学与科学等基础为根基，孩子被真正了解而不只是被登记在册，家长是孩子学习的积极伙伴。她表示：「我们做每一项决定时，问的不是什么对扩大政府权力、意识形态议程或官僚的职业生涯更好。我们要让教育回归它最基本的义务：培育上帝赋予每个孩子的潜能。」
教育部表示，该系列演讲将依次涵盖 K-12 教育、劳动力教育与高等教育，呈现特朗普政府在教育上的施政成绩，并阐述未来250年美国教育的愿景；McMahon 的 Salt Lake City 一站也开启了她走访四州的行程。
Education Secretary Linda McMahon Addresses 1,200 Students, Parents and Educators in Salt Lake City: Kicks Off 'The Next 250: American Education' Series
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on October 20 delivered a speech titled "The Next 250: K-12 Education" at American Preparatory Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah, before about 1,200 students, parents and educators. It was the first address in her four-part speaking series, "The Next 250: American Education," and the Department of Education released the full text the same day.
McMahon said the Trump administration is returning education authority to state and local leaders, investing in meaningful learning and proven academic interventions, and expanding education choice for millions of American students and families. American schooling, she said, was for generations the envy of the world, grounded in the fundamentals of reading, math and science, where children were truly known rather than merely enrolled and parents were active partners in their children's learning. "In every decision we make, we are not asking what's better for growing government power, ideological agendas, or bureaucrats' careers," she said. "We are returning education to its most basic obligation: to nurture the God-given potential of our children."
The Department said the series will go on to cover K-12 education, workforce education and higher education, highlighting the administration's accomplishments and laying out its vision for the next 250 years of American education. The Salt Lake City stop also opened McMahon's four-state tour.
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图片来源：美国教育部长 Linda McMahon 官方肖像。美国教育部发布，CC BY 2.0 授权图片，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布／Official portrait of U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. U.S. Department of Education, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
