The Education Department plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts of the agency to other federal departments, an unprecedented and unilateral effort to dismantle an agency created by Congress to ensure all Americans have equal access to educational opportunity and better coordinate federal programs.

The move was described by three people informed of the plan ahead of the announcement. Two of these people said six offices within the department would be shifted elsewhere; the third person said it was at least two.

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  • yarr@feddit.nl
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    4 hours ago

    They will have you believe the only two options are: a) Keep the DoE exactly as it is b) Shred the whole org

    It’s a false dilemma. It could be overhauled instead of eliminated. The citizenry of the US has grown so foolish that some people will actually defend this as a great move!

    I don’t find it as interesting that the DoE is being dismantled. I am more interested in what will replace it. In this case, I think it’ll be a bunch of hand-waving, like “states will step in”. Sure, but what about the grant monies the DoE used to provide? I guess that’ll just appear out of nowhere?

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      2 hours ago

      I don’t find it as interesting that the DoE is being dismantled. I am more interested in what will replace it.

      Child labour to make up for any gaps left unfilled after immigrant workers are taken out of the country.

      After all, we can’t home-school everyone!