‘We need those services’: Education leader reacts to Trump’s plan to end the Department of Education

‘We need those services’: Education leader reacts to Trump’s plan to end the Department of Education

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, discusses the Trump administration’s plan to abolish the Department of Education.

Urgency of intervening on plan to eliminate Department of Education stressed by Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet – The Courier News

Written by Tanya Terry Featured photo courtesy of Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet’s Office As originally reported by the Wall Street Journal, Trump administration officials have been weighing on executive actions to dismantle the Education Department as part of the campaign by billionaire Elon Musk and his allies to shrink federal agencies and slash the size of the government workforce. Functions of the Education Department involve administe

CLE’s Executive Director and Co-Founder featured in New York Times article on Trump’s education plans - The Center for Learner Equity

“If I were to read the tea leaves,” said Lauren Morando Rhim, a co-founder and the executive director of the Center for Learner Equity, “I think that we’re going to see a huge decrease of staffing and simply reducing the function of the department.” Morando Rhim thinks that what Trump and Musk have done to