The planned order follows years of campaign promises from President Donald Trump to abolish the department — something he cannot do without congressional approval.

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.

      • Llewellyn@lemm.ee
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        2 years ago

        Look at us in Russia. Years go by, and we still are not revolting. I’m afraid, it will not be months for you.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 years ago

      Read Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 for some insight.

      Also, that whole treatise on language that Orwell stuck in the middle of 1984…

    • teft@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Bread and circuses. No one wants to revolt.

      “The super bowl is on and I just heated up some nacho cheese dip.”

    • Gerudo@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      I’d love to be at the protests tomorrow. Why it’s on a weekday I’m not sure, but my capitol is hours away, and I work. I just started a new job and barely make enough to make ends meet until I get my first commission checks. I wasn’t working for months prior.

      I literally can’t afford to go protest.