This flew under the radar while the media were focused on tariffs. US Department of Education on Friday abruptly canceled all funds for public school student counseling and tutoring. Schools throughout the country are ending these services.
#departmentofeducation
#TrumpChaos
https://www.timesunion.com/education/article/u-s-education-department-cancels-tutoring-20256377.php
How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack - “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibitin... https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/ #americansunitedforseparationofchurchandstate #u.s.agencyforinternationaldevelopment #u.s.immigrationandcustomsenforcement #nationalsecurityadvisormichaelwaltz #u.s.districtcourtjudgeroycelamberth #u.s.supremecourtjusticejohnroberts #departmentofeducation
"Yep, I wanna be SECRETARY OF EDUCATION because I'd like to bring every chile up to MY cultural level."
"Pogo" daily cartoon by Walt Kelly, 14 February 1969.
"Public schools have always been the epicenter of the right-wing culture war since the Supreme Court ruled segregation was unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. Abortion, feminism, and LGBTQ+ rights were eventually added to the never-ending list of right-wing grievances."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Republicans #DepartmentofEducation #education #PublicEducation #PublicSchools #FederalGovernment #integration #race
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/make-american-kids-dumb-and-segregated
"Some 7.5 million kids with physical and learning disabilities are helped by the Education Department’s assistance with special education and individualized education plans (IEPs), but if Trump and the Project 2025 crew have their way, that could change drastically."
~ Doktor Zoom
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #democracy
/9
https://www.wonkette.com/p/on-trumps-order-education-dept-grabbed
"The Administration is taking a wrecking ball to services and institutions Americans rely on for essentials, as well as the fundamentals of American civic life. For example, this week:
• An Executive Order directed at the evisceration of the Department of Education"
~ Joshua Kolb
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #DOGE #fascism #destruction #chaos #DepartmentofEducation #education
/13
"BREAKING: People who don't know the difference between 'their,' 'there,' and 'they’re' have announced to shut down the Department of Education."
~ Sandesh Lamsal
Whose even certain that they'res a there their any longer?
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #democracy
/8
"What’s really occurring is an attack on the American mind.
Throughout history, tyrants have understood that their major enemy is an educated citizenry. …
Trump’s attack on the American mind — on education, science, libraries, and museums — is an attack on the capacity of Americans for self-government."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #democracy
/7
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind
“The only way fascism works, the only way authoritarianism works, is if the country is in chaos and mis-educated. So year after year, attacks on public education were not by accident. They were by design, they were strategic.”
~ Jamaal Bowman
Returning control of education to the states will assure poorer education, and also religious intrusion in the educational process.
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #income #disability
/6
https://zeteo.com/p/deportations-and-dumbing-down-trump-attacks-education
"The politics of shutting down the Department of Education is another massive leak in his boat."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #income #disability
/5
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/trumps-politically-insane-decision
"The bulk of the education department’s budget is made up of federal grant and loan programs, including the $18.4bn Title I program that provides funding to low-income K-12 schools and the $15.5bn Idea program that helps cover the education costs for students with disabilities."
~ Jem Bartholomew
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #income #disability
/4
"The governors who were there to cheer on this latest attack on public education all have one thing in common beyond their party affiliation: they are all pursuing disastrous education privatization schemes in their states."
~ David Pepper
Returning total control of education to the states will not only assure poorer educational outcomes, but will speed privatization.
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #privatization
/3
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/the-giveaway-trumps-anti-education
"In Trump’s America, quality education will be the prerogative of people who are wealthy, people who are white, people who are neurotypical. If your kid needs service for English as a second language or special education, you’re going to be out of luck if the administration gets its way."
The word "federal" linked to "education" has stuck in the craw of Trump's white Southern base since the integration period.
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025 #race #class #income
/2
Why do Trump and Republicans want to abolish the federal Department of Education? In a word, Project 2025:
"'Federal education policy should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated.' Those are the opening words in the Education Chapter of Project 2025."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #DepartmentofEducation #education #Project2025
/1
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/education-project-2025-comes-true
In my English academic writing class today, Mr. Spock came up in a discussion about ethos, pathos, and logos.
Only 1-2 students out of 20 knew the character and his background (half-human, half Vulcan), and what Vulcans are known for.
This despite major reboots of Star Trek movies and shows since 2009, with many actors playing the role of Spock.
But oh yeah, let's dismantle the Dep't of Education.
Fuck all.
#StarTrek #StarTrekTOS
#DepartmentOfEducation
"Trump’s attack on the American mind — on education, science, libraries, and museums — is an attack on the capacity of Americans for self-government.
It is coming from the oligarchs of the techno-state who believe democracy is inefficient, and want to replace it with an authoritarian regime replete with technologies they control."
~ Robert Reich
#Musk #Trump #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #workers #firings #DepartmentofEducation #education #TechBros
/8
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind
#trump #donaldtrump #president #usa #unitedstates #america #doge #musk #education #departmentofeducation #cuts #closure #dictator #dictatorship
It’s Trump’s ultimate plan. Dumb America down to create the illusion he’s the most educated man in the land.
America… you need to start asking yourself some very serious questions. What type of leader acts like this? Today he’s closing down the Department of Education, but what will tomorrow bring? The Nazi style burning of books?
Why #history instruction is critical for combating online #misinformation https://theconversation.com/why-history-instruction-is-critical-for-combating-online-misinformation-248528 #DepartmentofEducation
#Teachers sue #Trump admin for stopping affordable #StudentLoan repayment plans
The American Federation of Teachers represents 1.8 million educators.
By Leah Sarnoff, March 19, 2025
"One of America's largest unions is taking aim at President Donald Trump's administration for shutting down access to affordable student loan repayment plans -- saying the decision is 'effectively breaking' the system.
"The American Federation of Teachers (#AFT), representing 1.8 million educators across the country, filed a lawsuit against the #DepartmentOfEducation in Washington, D.C., hoping to restore the programs that have now been shuttered for three weeks.
"The filing alleges the administration halting the application process for all Income-Driven Repayment (#IDR) plans and ordering student loan servicers to stop all processing violates #FederalLaw.
"AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers' access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (#PSLF), in violation of federal law,' the union said in a statement Wednesday."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teachers-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #BadDOGE #ResistDOGE #Authoritarianism #USPol
#Trump signs order gutting #DepartmentOfEducation
Trump signed the order in a ceremony while flanked by schoolchildren.
By Katherine Faulders, Rachel Scott, and Arthur Jones II
March 20, 2025
"By dismantling ED, President Trump is implementing his own philosophy on education which can be summed up in his own words, 'I love the poorly educated,'" - Bobby Scott, D-Va.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-expected-sign-order-gutting-department-education-sources/story?id=119967268
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #BadDOGE #ResistDOGE #Authoritarianism #USPol
