Promise Posts – Politifact

Donald Trump

Give green cards to people on student visas who graduate from U.S. colleges

Trump administration backtracks on pledge for green cards to student visa holders | January 30, 2026

Donald Trump

Abolish the Education Department

Trump continues shrinking the Education Department, but full closure remains uncertain | December 12, 2025

Donald Trump

Provide universal school choice

Trump signs legislation introducing federal tax credit for school choice | July 16, 2025

Donald Trump

Provide $10,000 per child tax-free to homeschoolers

January 19, 2025

Donald Trump

Incentivize abolishing teacher tenure for grades K-12

January 19, 2025

Joe Biden

Use evidence to determine COVID-19 openings and closings

Biden used evidence for COVID-19 guidance, but experts say other factors likely influenced decisions | December 17, 2024

Joe Biden

Forgive student loan debt from public colleges and universities

Joe Biden forgave student loan debt, but not as much as promised | December 16, 2024

Joe Biden

Make public colleges and universities tuition-free for families who make less than $125,000

Joe Biden breaks promise to offer free college tuition to families earning less than $125,000 a year | December 6, 2024

Joe Biden

Make 2 years of community college or a high-quality training program tuition-free

Joe Biden’s free community college plan failed to get congressional support | December 6, 2024

Joe Biden

Offer universal preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds

Joe Biden breaks promise to offer universal preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds | December 4, 2024

Joe Biden

Stop for-profit education programs from profiteering off of students

Promise Kept: Biden rules on for-profit schools are on the books, but delays make effects unclear | December 4, 2024

Joe Biden

Expand services for people during and after incarceration

Biden increases funding, announces strategic plan to ease reentry for incarcerated individuals | July 24, 2024

Joe Biden

Make HBCUs, TCUs, and under-resourced MSIs more affordable for their students

Biden makes progress on HBCU promise following historic funding increases | March 5, 2024

Joe Biden

Double value of Pell Grants

Biden signs Pell Grant increase into law, but amount falls short of campaign goal | August 19, 2022

Donald Trump

Add additional federal investment of $20 billion toward School Choice

Federal funding for school choice is increasing only minimally | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Dramatically scale back the U.S. Education Department

Trump still can’t eliminate the department or lower its funding | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Eliminate Common Core

Common Core isn’t leaving anytime soon | July 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Ensure funding for historic black colleges

Under Trump HBCUs and vocational education are ensured future funding | July 15, 2020

Barack Obama

Increase the number of high school students taking college-level courses

Students taking Advanced Placement courses up by well over 50 percent | December 13, 2016

Barack Obama

Lead the world in college graduates by 2020

Though improving, U.S. still lags South Korea | November 15, 2016

Barack Obama

Require all schools of education to be accredited

Accreditation not the destination for all schools | November 14, 2016

Barack Obama

Improve high school graduation rates

Graduation rates are up, but the United States still lags behind other countries | November 2, 2016

Barack Obama

Reduce federal aid to colleges that don’t keep costs down

No federal aid policy for schools that spend more | November 2, 2016

Barack Obama

Create a voluntary national performance assessment for educators

A gold star for keeping teacher preparation regulations promise | November 1, 2016

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