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Since the educational system has been taken over by humanism, and since humanism is an officially declared religion, we find the government establishing a religion and giving the high priest a position in the president’s cabinet.”
Timothy LaHaye, founder of the similarly conservative organization Christian Voice, lamented
If you give the bureaucrats the children, you might as well give them everything else as well,
Machen proclaimed to applause in the chamberI can’t imagine how many mothers drop out,
she said
No one voted for this. Millions rely on Pell Grants, federal student loans, and special education funding. Dismantling the Department of Education will hurt our kids and create chaos for students, teachers, and families across the country."
Representative Brendan Boyle, a Democrat and the ranking member on the House Budget Committee, wrote on X
We have seen significant alignment between the administration's actions and what was in Project 2025,
Peter Granville, a fellow at The Century Foundation, where he analyzes federal and state policy efforts to improve college access and affordability, told NewsweekEducation should be the last place for cuts,
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What is clear from the past weeks of mass firings, chaos, and unchecked unprofessionalism is that this regime has no respect for the thousands of workers who have dedicated their careers to serve their fellow Americans,
said Sheria Smith, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252.
The massive reduction in force at the Education Department is an attack on opportunity that will gut the agency and its ability to support students, throwing federal education programs into chaos across the country,
the union's president Randi Weingarten said
As part of the Department of Education's final mission, the department today initiated a reduction in force impacting nearly 50% of the department's workforce,
a statement from Education Secretary Linda McMahon said on TuesdayMake no mistake: Today’s action is a far cry from any thoughtful, comprehensive policy proposal to improve our education system,
Sameer Gadkaree, president of the Institute for College Access & Success, said in a statement Tuesday night
We’re particularly concerned with how this move could threaten college students and student loan borrowers,
Gadkaree addedCore functions of the department could experience outages or breakages, leaving students struggling to get or renew financial aid or campus-based aid. Student loan borrowers, meanwhile, will struggle to access the benefits current law provides. And they can’t be sure they will get reliable, accurate advice on student loan repayment,
he addedIt would be an entirely new undertaking for Treasury, and so if that were to happen, it seems really unlikely that untangling all of that and redistributing the work of federal student aid in the student loan servicing space would proceed either quickly or without any disruptions,
she saidFamilies want help to get students' math and reading scores up and ensure their kids can thrive — instead, Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to the Department of Education and robbing our students and teachers of the resources and support they need, so that Republicans can pay for more massive tax cuts for billionaires,
she saidEnding incessant federal interference will free up state and local leaders to foster more opportunities to give schools and educators true flexibility and innovation to address the needs of students, wherever they are educated,
Allen saidI don’t see at all how that can be true,
said Roxanne Garza, who was chief of staff in the Office of Postsecondary Education under President Joe BidenSo many of the programs are really excellent, so we need to make sure the money goes to the states,
McMahon said in an interview Tuesday on Fox News
Presidents Trump and Musk and their billionaire buddies are so detached from how Americans live that they cannot see how ending public education and canceling these contracts kills the American Dream … If kids from working class families do not have access to schools, how can they build a future?”
In a statement, Rosa DeLauro, the ranking member of the House appropriations committee, saidToday’s reduction in force reflects the Department of Education’s commitment to efficiency, accountability, and ensuring that resources are directed where they matter most: to students, parents, and teachers,
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement
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The real victims will be our most vulnerable students,
National Education Association President Becky Pringle said in a statement