Posted on 03/21/2025 3:33:45 PM PDT by Libloather
Teachers unions and Democratic politicians joined in denouncing Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at eliminating the US Department of Education, with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) saying simply: “See you in court.”
Trump’s move was long trailed, so much so that Randi Weingarten, the head of the AFT – which represents 1.8 million teachers – put out her statement the day before the order was signed. Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, which represents 200,000 members, teachers and other education workers mostly in New York City, said: “We will join our national union and public education allies to protect students and educators. We are working with our partners to file lawsuits to stop this executive overreach.
“In the meantime, we will hold the federal government accountable for providing the resources our school communities have been promised under the laws of our country.”
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, said: “Trump is telling America’s public school kids that their futures don’t matter.”
Referencing Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, whose drastic cuts to federal budgets and staffing are prompting outrage, Warren said: “Billionaires like Trump and Musk won’t feel it when afterschool programs are slashed, class sizes go up, and student aid gets cut. It’ll be working parents, students and teachers who pay the price.”
Rashida Tlaib, a congresswoman from Michigan, said Trump’s order was “really alarming to me because the majority of Americans will tell you they don’t want to give up on the Department of Education, they don’t want to give up on our education system”.
Polling shows the majority of people in the US oppose dismantling the Department of Education.
This week, a survey from the advocacy group New America found 55% of respondents against eliminating the department.
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what British readers may be excused for possibly not knowing but the Dept of Education in USA was created as a safe harbor for unemployed members of our left-wing political party. And, that (aside for military personnel, etc.) our federal government has no legitimate command over education in America. It is a matter for local citizens’ control.
Judges have no say. This is between to POTUS and the Congress.
And they will never find out that truth from the deluded leftist children at The Guardian.
Only from traitors to the United States of America.
or much of any other truth, either
the Guardian is trying to be the UK’s NYSlimes in the Propaganda Department?
Courts have no say in running the government. I can’t wait until Trump cracks down. He will you know because he has to.
It’s sparking an outrage from Democrats because another one of their cash cows is being taken apart. If their shenanigans at USAID is any indication the level of fraud and corruption at the Department of Education committed by the Democrats and their allies is going to top that by a mile.
” a survey from the advocacy group New America found 55% of respondents against eliminating the department.”
Seems low for a left wing group. Even they don’t want the DOE.
How many other persons have said that to Trump? “See you in court.” He’ll be waiting!
Thanks for posting. Had forgotten seeing this long ago...Yes - keep it moving!!!
The democrats will lose all those Union Dues ,LOL
bttt
The reasons for educational failures are about 70% student, 20% parental, 7% teacher, 2% union and maybe as high as 1% DoE.
I don’t believe that. Parents have certainly fallen down on the job, but the whole Liberal agenda - which the DoE has been entirely behind - is the cause of most failures.
Children are what we make them. We have entirely failed the kids.
Trump may not dismantle the DOE. He may just strip it of its power and money...and then castrate the teachers’ union.
The only function of the DOE has been to keep incompetent teachers employed.
It’s never done anything for kids.
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