Column: Public education crisis calls for bold strategy, retention of Department of Education

Charlene Crowell: Plans to shutter education department add to financial aid confusion

by Charlene Crowell (TriceEdneyWire.com)—The chaos and confusion resulting from systemic changes and closures at multiple federal agencies have now reached the $242 billion budget of the Department of Education. With the agency’s workforce cut in half, and plans announced to shut it down, millions of students and families who rely on federal financial aid for higher education are facing a front-line assault. State attorneys general in 20 states …

Letter: Closing US Department of Education will improve Maine schools

Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com I think closing the U.S. Department of Education and restructuring is necessary in these times of government waste. I also believe that parents having school choice will be key in the survival of some schools. High schools in small towns with small enrollments will close. Many of these small high schools only offer core subje…

Column: Public education crisis calls for bold strategy, retention of Department of Education

Currently, the Federal Department of Education is undergoing significant changes and possible elimination. Representative Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced H.R. 899 to abolish the Department of Ed. and President Trump has ordered the education secretary to take steps to shutter the…

Tenn. legislators warn against dismantling the U.S. Department of Education - Elizabethton Star

Tennessee educators are expressing concern over President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and return control to the states. The Tennessee Department of Education serves more than 1 million students in 147 districts. Tanya Coats, president of the Tennessee Education Association, said states already oversee most aspects of public education. She argued the plan risks key student services and could lead to defunding…

The Future of Education: The Task Ahead

Opinion Whenever the middle class withdraws from state institutions, whether in education or health, it leads to a decline in standards for the wider population and contributes to the erosion of the welfare state By Sada Reddi At a recent book launch at Henessy Park Hotel, Prime Minister Dr N. Ramgoolam expressed the wish to […]

The Menace of “Public” Education - The Iowa Standard

By Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Mises Wire Parents are rightly concerned about what is happening in our “public” schools. Crazed “educators” are encouraging impressionable children to “transition” to another sex, as if such a thing was possible. Students are taught that sexual promiscuity is a good thing. They are brainwashed to accept socialist attacks on our free enterprise system. What can we do about this disaster? The Trump administration and …