When the next president takes office in January, he or she will preside over major shifts in the K12 education landscape—from implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and Common Core, to the rollout of nationwide STEM initiatives, to the simmering battles over charters, school choice and teachers unions.

Even with so much at stake, experts agree that comparing Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s philosophies can be challenging. Clinton is a lifelong public official with a detailed track record on nearly every hot-button K12 issue.

Trump, however, is a political newcomer not known for his policy precision, many pundits agree. His most common refrain on education is a promise to eliminate the Common Core, which the president has no actual power to dissolve.

“Clinton has been more involved in education issues, and we can expect her to hit the ground running on her education priorities,” says Noelle Ellerson, associate executive director of policy and advocacy at the Superintendent’s Association. “It’s not clear what, if any, education platform Trump has.”

“Trump rarely talks about education at all,” agrees Jon Bernstein, executive director for the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training.

If Trump is elected, Bernstein predicts he will most likely hew to the GOP platform, which lays out traditional conservative priorities on education: pushing vouchers, charter schoolsand budget cuts, while emphasizing local control over education decisions.

Here’s how the candidates stack up on key issues:

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