Summary

The White House is drafting an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, aligning with Trump’s long-standing pledge.

However, Congress must approve the agency’s abolition, making its passage unlikely despite GOP control. Critics, including the National Education Association, warn this move would harm students, increase costs, and weaken protections.

GOP lawmakers have repeatedly attempted to eliminate the department since its 1979 founding.

Trump also recently signed an order expanding school choice, reinforcing the Republican agenda of decentralizing education policy.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    In case anyone is still wondering if Republicans are enemies of the United States of America, you need not wonder anymore.

    • Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org
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      1 day ago

      Why use big words when small words do trick.

      Soon enough, when you have to select a language on a devive, the difference between: english (uk) and english (american) will make a whole lot more sense.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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        3 hours ago

        It would have been possible, for example, to say Big Brother is ungood. But this statement, which to an orthodox ear merely conveyed a self-evident absurdity, could not have been sustained by reasoned argument, because the necessary words were not available.