Last week, President Trump issued an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education—official acknowledgment of what is already happening in plain sight. “Donald Trump and Elon Musk have aimed their wrecking ball at public schools and the futures of the 50 million students in rural, suburban, and urban communities across America, by dismantling public […]

  Multiple programs for students and families got the ax last week as the Trump administration and a far-too-pliant Congress strove to make ordinary people pay for a proposed $4.5 trillion tax cut for billionaires. The administration terminated nearly half the staff at the U.S. Department of Education, jeopardizing its ability to perform legally required […]

  Just hours after she was confirmed, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon emailed staff and told them to prepare for their “final mission”: dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Numerous reports indicate that President Trump plans to make it official with an executive order, but the White House at least tentatively paused release of the […]