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Save the Department of Education

President Trump plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, threatening educational assistance and civil rights protections for students, according to Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP.
Cuts to the department could impact 26 million vulnerable students who rely on federal services, as shared by Randi Weingarten, President of the AFT.
Eric Hoover and Eric Kelderman from The Chronicle of Higher Education noted that Trump’s plan to close the Department of Education is seen as a threat to civil rights and educational assistance.
The U.S. Department of Education funds public schools and enforces civil rights laws to protect students from discrimination, according to NAACP President Derrick Johnson.

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Inquirer

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.

3 days ago·Philadelphia, United States

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Washington Examiner

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…

3 days ago·Washington, United States

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Newsweek

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.

4 days ago·United States

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NBC Washington

$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.

4 days ago·Washington, United States

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Time Magazine

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=”…

5 days ago·United States

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Niagara Gazette

What would happen to Niagara County School Districts if the Dept. of Education was eliminated?

Ever since the new Trump administration took office, one of the federal departments on the proverbial chopping block has been the Department of Education.

5 days ago

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