“No” to Killing the Department of Education

James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | February 14, 2025 | David Randall

[karpov]

Federal statutes require the United States Department of Education (ED) to fund race discrimination at postsecondary institutions through laws such as § 1059e. Predominantly Black Institutions, § 1059g. Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, and §§ 1101 – 1101d. Hispanic-Serving Institutions. ED’s Office for Civil Rights has chosen to abuse its power by redefining gender ideology and race discrimination as civil rights that colleges and universities must enforce at pain of lawsuit and losing eligibility for federal grants and loans—and by using administrative devices such as Dear Colleague Letters and case resolutions to allow ED to act as if it had the power to make law. The entire Biden administration ED acted with blatant illegality to “forgive” college-student loans.

ED has done great damage to American higher education by these means. At the same time, ED remains immensely popular with the American public for its core higher-education spending: Pell Grants for disadvantaged college students and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans for just about every college student who applies for one. The Trump administration already has issued a flurry of executive orders to reform all parts of the federal government, including ED, but it’s not yet clear what strategy it will use to align ED’s postsecondary-education policies with these executive orders.

The National Association of Scholars (NAS) recommends in Waste Land: The Education Department’s Profligacy, Mediocrity, and Radicalism that education reformers enact comprehensive reform to simplify and depoliticize ED’s higher-education spending and regulations. This strategy will make ED transparent and accountable to the public and to policymakers. Reformers shouldn’t jeopardize real reform by a hasty attempt to eliminate ED entirely—which might be ineffective and certainly would alienate large swathes of the American public.

[GOPJ]

“How did it ever get to the Federal Level to start with?? Every state did their own thing and it worked.” Thank Jimmy C44arter.

The same 'Jimmah Carter' who gave away the Panama Canal and brought us mile long lines to buy gas?

[Jim W N]

Federal statutes require the United States Department of Education (ED) to fund race discrimination at postsecondary institutions through laws such as § 1059e. Predominantly Black Institutions, § 1059g. Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, and §§ 1101 – 1101d. Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

Federal laws are subject to the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land and must "be made in pursuance" of the Constitution (U.S. Constitution, Art. VI, Cl. 2).

These federal statutes are NOT in pursuance of the Constitution which delegates no enumerated powers of this type of education to the federal gov't.

Therefore, these statues must be made null and void and the unconstitutional Dept of Education must ne dismantled.

[wjcsux]

“ How did it ever get to the Federal Level to start with?? Every state did their own thing and it worked.”
The teachers unions pushed for having a Department of Education since LBJ was president. They figured that they were able to exert more control over education at the federal level.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Professor Hanson also points out how the universities totally ignore their fiduciary responsibilities. They should treat the students like any other credit risk and ask about their ability to repay their loans with the major they have selected. "Will you make enough money to repay your loan?" should be a basic question asked. If the kid signs up for a major in Grievance Studies, Wymin Studies, or Black Studies, the answer is clearly "No" and the loan should be denied.

But there's no moral hazard for the universities because they simply pass it on to the federal government. The fedgov loans the money, takes on bad debts, and forgives those bad debts leaving all of us holding the bag. (that has ended, thank God)

Education loan interest rates should be based on the ability of the student's major to generate sufficient income to repay the loan. That's how loans for cars and houses work; why not for education?

1. Low interest rates for engineering, accounting, finance, chemistry, biomedical, physics and computer science / AI
2. Medium interest rates for law
3. High interest rates for Journalism, Political "Science," and Education degrees.
4. Deny all loans for anybody wanting to take "Studies" or pursue a DEI or CRT major

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...I forgot about that line. That says it all, doesn't it?

And it's bound to get worse, too...New Research Suggests AI Assistants Could Be Impacting Your Cognitive Skills

[dfwgator]

[albie]

The biggest problem with ending the DOE is the illusion to a large portion of the US of how useless and harmful it is.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yes, Trump is like the responsible parent who says “No, you cannot drink, you are only 14. No, you cannot chop off your dick (or tits), you are only 12. No, you cannot smoke, you are only 11.”

Then the kid hates the parent for a while but, after a few years, thanks the parent for being strict, keeping them on the straight-and-narrow, and saving their life.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...Yeah!!

[Brian Griffin]

“School Choice”

How about letting private companies bid to run public schools?

This could be made a condition of receiving federal funds.

Only bids that come in at a recent prior years’ running cost per student adjusted for CPI inflation would be acceptable.

NEA Big City 2025-2026 Proposal for MLK High School
....

Brighter Futures Education Corp. 2025-2026 Proposal for MLK High School
....

Let the parents of the assigned students vote by ranked choice in July and August.

The parents of schools with the worst school scores would vote first.

MLK High: staff mixer July 31st, voting August 1st

Claymont High: staff mixer August 7th, voting August 8th

Greenville High: staff mixer August 14th, voting August 15th

[marron]

The older folks here grew up without this department and most see no need of it. I’ve wanted to see it gone for decades. It should not exist after 2025.

[matthew fuller]

BINGO-We have a winnah!

[Brian Griffin]

Colleges should have to co-sign on the loans.

That’s probably should be the first step going forward.

Make small changes that can’t reasonably be objected to.

[grobdriver]

and certainly would alienate large swathes of the American public.

Only those who don't care about a good education.

[right way right]

The only way I think anything effective happens is if ‘We The People’ have a giant million patriot march on DC and drag a few hundred of the worst offenders out and string them up.

IMO

Sorry.

[Brian Griffin]

Let Linda McMahon do her best.

The Pell Grant program is not likely to get axed.

The non-performing student loan portfolios might need to be auctioned off to debt-collection lawyers at minimum percentages of face value.

[metmom]

One room school houses worked, too.

Parents can, and SHOULD, hold their local schools accountable for the education of their children, if they are unwilling or unable to do it themselves.

[metmom]

Getting it to the federal level destroyed education in this country, as federal involvement with ANYTHING does.

[high info voter]

The federal gov’t should NOT be in charge of our kids!! ...imho

[cnsmom]

The Covid Hoax/vaccine/distancing mess to get Fauci rich and Biden elected. Killed, Hollywood,legacy media, Abortion, and education. I wonder if the leftists regret their short sighted win forObama’s third third term as they themselves sit in their sweats with no job on the basement couch.