Save the Department of Education

A eulogy for the U.S. Department of Education

Abolishing the DOE might sound bold, but it only deepens the fragmentation that has haunted America since its founding.

Education Department offers employees buyout worth up to $25,000 - Washington Examiner

Most Department of Education employees have been offered a buyout worth up to $25,000 if they resign from their roles in the next few days. Jacqueline Clay, a chief human capital officer at the Education Department, wrote in an email Friday that employees can take advantage of the “offer” if they quit by 11:59 p.m. Monday.  “This is a one-time offer in advance of a very significant Reduction in Force for the US Department of Education,” Clay wro…

NAACP, AFT Leaders: Trump's Plans Put America's Children Last

Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has nothing to do with saving taxpayer dollars.

$25K ‘separation' offer hits Department of Education employees then disappears

U.S. Department of Education employees received a $25,000 “voluntary separation incentive payment” offer in an email on Friday but the email then disappeared.

President Donald Trump has made it clear that his goal is to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, and transfer educational responsibility to states. It sounds good in theory: more autonomy for states, less federal bureaucracy, what could go wrong? Well, it turns out that states are quite baffled and, to be honest, have no idea how to deal with this bombing.

The Real Impact of Eliminating the Department of Education

After the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which decided that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, white supremacists bombed and burned Black schools rather than integrate. Now, President Donald Trump plans to eliminate the entire Department of Education which, among other things, provides funding for under-resourced school districts disproportionately attended by Black children. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”…