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The Department's useful functions- Pell Grants, Title One funding resources for children with disabilities and special needs will be preserved. Pell Grant is supposed to be a very good program, Title One funding and resources for children with special disabilities and special needs- are going to be preserved in full and redistributed to various other agencies and departments that will take very good care of them,
he said
In Baltimore, 40% of the high schools have zero students who can do basic mathematics- not even the very simplest of mathematics. They're talking about like adding a few numbers together,
he addedDespite these breathtaking failures the Department's discretionary budget has exploded by 600 per cent in a very short period,
he said Trump saidWhen President Carter created the federal education department in 1979, it was opposed by members of his cabinet as well as the American Federation of Teachers the New York Times editorial board and the famed Democrat Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
he saidThis is the first arrest of many to come,
Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier this month in a reference to Khalil
If any of us want to do the things we want to do for our country and the people who live in it – we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country.”
Vance advocated a campaign against “very hostile institutions” and added
They are going to have a lot fewer dollars to spread around to take care of students’ needs, class sizes are going to go up, after-school programs are going to go down,
Anderson saidAll of this is proof we need to work together to reimagine our public schools for the 21st century, not bring a wrecking ball to them,
Bennet said
Our children deserve a REAL education, not the federal mess we have now. Now the money will go back to the states and we’ll get QUALITY education again."
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Attempting to dismantle the Department of Education is one of the most destructive and devastating steps Donald Trump has ever taken. This. Will. Hurt. Kids,
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on social media within minutes of the ceremony
The Department’s federal funding ensures that all children, regardless of who they are or which zip code they are born in, can achieve a quality education. Without the Department of Education, many of our kids will be left behind, unable to receive the education they need and deserve,
she wrote in a statementI will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the Federal Department of Education once and for all,
Trump said in remarks before the signing ceremonyWe’re not doing well with the world of education in this country. And we haven’t for a long time,
Trump said at Thursday’s ceremony
As Republican governors at the White House celebrate the dismantling of a federal role in education, our members across the country are worried about the impact this will have on their students,
AFT President Randi Weingarten said in a statementThe Republicans don’t have that,
said Al Jazeera correspondent Shihab Rattansi, reporting from Washington, DCWe’ve cut the number of bureaucrats in half. Fifty percent have taken offers,
Trump said to applauseWe’re going to find something else for you, Linda.”
Trump, however, reassured her from the podium on ThursdayWhat the Department of Education does is ensure equal access to education for minorities, for poor kids, for disabled children, and so on. So there’s that extra level of oversight that will now be — potentially, in the short term — removed as court cases are fought,
he saidThey have a very expansive view of executive power. They want to test that in court,
he saidDonald Trump is using kids as a prop as he proudly signs an unconstitutional executive order abolishing the Department of Education. Our kids deserve better."
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