Posted on 03/15/2025 6:21:49 AM PDT by davikkm
Public education is facing a crisis as mass teacher layoffs sweep across the country. Thousands of educators are losing their jobs, and the consequences are already being felt in schools and communities. This isn’t just about numbers on a budget sheet. These are real teachers, real students, and real families being affected by decisions that will reshape the future of education in America.
In Massachusetts, the situation is especially severe. The Department of Education is slashing nearly 50% of its workforce, eliminating over 1,300 positions. The official reasoning? Cost-cutting and streamlining operations. But critics warn that these cuts will hit the most vulnerable students the hardest. Special education programs, school meal funding, and essential support services are all at risk. When resources shrink, class sizes grow. When programs disappear, students suffer.
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Bring the nuns back. Problem solved.
religious schools? libs will have nun of that.
How many coordinators, deputy administrators, assistant administrators, and deputy assistant administrators are being laid off?
So the claim is that these Department of Education employees are in classrooms teaching students. I’d like to see proof of that.
As Walter Williams liked to point out, Education majors are just about the the dumbest students on any college campus.
The more we spent on them, the worse it got.
This is a good thing.
When you don’t have all those illegals to teach, then you need to find another job.
Thousands of educators are losing their jobs,
Because too many of them are there to indoctrinate, vs. actually teach the three Rs.
What a silly article. Devoid of any useful information. The article mentions MA laying off staff. Then it talks about the DoE laying off staff. On the surface, staff cuts at DoE have no impact on staffing in states. The article does not mention other funding DoE is doing or tying it together. Therefore it is a scare article. To me, that means the conclusions are more than likely false.
Schools are paid through property taxes.
The Department of Education has nothing to do with that.
This is a big nothingburger. The author seems to be misled.
the children will learn to READ, and THINK, for themselves
Years ago, my parents moved, and I was placed into my first Catholic school - with those ‘mean’ nuns. Traumatic experience. I was doing well, but that school was so far ahead, that it took me a few weeks to catch up. Best thing that ever happened to me. And back then, public schools weren’t bad, they were just behind. Today? Publik skoolz? Bwahahahaha.
I graduated with my Bachelor’s in Bus Ad with a concentration in accounting. I went back to my counselor (who was also one of my management professors) after substitute teaching for a year, and said....I think I want to get a teaching degree. He laughed and said....you’d be bored to death. He then read me a list of classes I’d have to take. I said never mind. lol
I promise you, special ed will never be at risk. It's codified in law, and it's implementation falls under a civil right. The entire Department of Education may be gutted, but the DOE Office of Civil Rights will be here to stay, even if it gets named something else. It's the federal agency that makes sure local school districts provide services to special needs students. It's not going anywhere.
Those are not teachers. They are liberal bureaucrats.
I wouldn’t put it past the left to intentionally make education even worse (if that is possible) than it already is just to spit in the eye of the president if he turns it over to states. There should be some type of punishments if the states don’t meet a minimum standard though.
They don’t dare name what these support services are!-)
When programs disappear, students suffer.
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