During his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden has proposed some major education reforms.

Prior to the president’s first day, Sutherland Institute wrote about reforms that the Biden administration suggested it would champion (including increased federal funding for schools and steps toward debt-free college, which – spoiler alert – it has indeed proposed) as well as education policy opportunities in which to lead (especially in creating a balanced research study of the state of civics education).

To see where education under Biden is headed so far, take a look below.

Four additional years of public schooling

During Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress on April 28, he said that part of his American Families Plan – the third part of the Build Back Better agenda – is to add four additional years of public (free) education to the established 12 years of public education. Specifically, this would add two years of preschool and two free years of community college. According to Biden, “12 years is no longer enough today to compete in the 21st century.”

New Department of Education history and civics education proposal

Along with many states, the federal government is wading into the history and civics education space – but it’s clear the objective at the federal level is to interject the national conversation about racial injustice into this subject area. In April the U.S. Department of Education released a proposed rule that would change the priorities when awarding federal history and civics education grants, specifically to see how grant applicants seek to talk about and address racism in America. The rule is open for public comment until May 19, 2021, after which the agency will review public comments and determine how to incorporate them.

Biden’s “Build Back Better” infrastructure plan

The multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal called the “Build Back Better” plan aims to increase federal funding for schools, specifically to address school building renovations like improving clean water accessibility and removing asbestos, broadband internet access for continued remote learning, cutting down on waste, and increasing funding for historically black colleges and universities.

Biden has wasted no time using the bully pulpit to call for reform during his first days in office. Of course, many of those reforms will take consensus from multiple branches and different levels of government in order to pan out. It remains to be seen whether the American people are willing to go in the direction that Biden wants to lead them.