President Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as "critical race theory" and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money.

The measures seek to fulfill some of the Republican president's core campaign promises around education, though it's unclear how much power he has to enact the proposals.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday will sign an executive order to promote school choice that would also end "funding for public schools that support critical race theory and other divisive measures in their curriculums,