Posted on 11/20/2024 12:52:08 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as being infiltrated by “ radicals, zealots and Marxists.”
He has picked Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive, to lead the department. But like many conservative politicians before him, Trump has called for dismantling the department altogether — a cumbersome task that likely would require action from Congress.
The agency's main role is financial. Annually, it distributes billions in federal money to colleges and schools and manages the federal student loan portfolio. Closing the department would mean redistributing each of those duties to another agency. The Education Department also plays an important regulatory role in services for students, ranging from those with disabilities to low-income and homeless kids.
Student loans and financial aid The Education Department manages approximately $1.5 trillion in student loan debt for over 40 million borrowers. It also oversees the Pell Grant, which provides aid to students below a certain income threshold, and administers the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which universities use to allocate financial aid.......
Civil rights enforcement Through its Office for Civil Rights, the Education Department conducts investigations and issues guidance on how civil rights laws should be applied, such as for LGBTQ+ students and students of color. The office also oversees a large data collection project that tracks disparities in resources, course access and discipline for students of different racial and socioeconomic groups.
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The Government should get something for the college money, like 4 years of service for ROTC Scholarships.
U.S. children are among the most poorly educated in the world. Why is it controversial to get rid of the agency that caused that?
Translation: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
A very accomplished business expert, so she will get things done...finally.
Our nation would perhaps be better educated if we closed the Department of Education and instead give a measly 1% of its funds to Dolly Parton for her Imagination Library.
And that may not be hyperbole.
Student loan history
National Defense Student loan from govt
National Direct Student loan from govt
national direct student loan from banks, under republicans
National direct student loans from govt under democrats.
and now back to.........................
C’mon Trump! I want to see tens of thousands of these useless government bureaucrat parasites jumping out windows...They’re scared to death they’ll be treated like people in the private sector, where in the real world they can be fired for any reason they come up with, at any time they feel like it.
DO IT!
U S kids are robbed of a good education; and, too many good and smart kids end up unprepared for success in higher ed and adulthood;
McMahon, along with her husband, Vince McMahon, founded sports entertainment company Titan Sports, Inc. (later World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.) where she worked as the president and later CEO from 1980 to 2009. During this time, the company grew from a regional business in the northeast to a large multinational corporation.
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How many large multinational corporations have you created slick?
Yep.
No more loans (or grants, for that matter) would work wonders.
But Congress won’t play ball on that.
Which is the reason the increase in college tuition has far exceeded the rate of inflation over the past three or four decades.
The U.S., thanks for corrupt political business "experts" now have the U.S. 35 TRILLION in debt while they have incrementally destroyed the country with their business killing corrupt fedgov.
So who are you comparing her to?
There will great wailing over Education, as it was a slush fund for buddies in the state Ed apparatus and the teachers unions. They will cry about poor kids and poor teachers in the blue cities.
Why, it would mean the destruction of human civilization of course.
I can't name a single business expert in Congress. She isn't part of government so she is not responsible for U.S. debt.
Did this get checked by Trump, Elon and Vivek?
This may not be true but simply wishing to the stars?
What it means is that the federal government’s ability to force political ideology into the education system will be greatly diminished.
Uh huh.
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