Public opinion on Trump's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education is deeply divided, with a significant leaning towards negative sentiment. While some supporters argue for reducing federal oversight to improve efficiency and benefit local education systems, a larger segment is concerned about the detrimental impact on educational equality, particularly for vulnerable groups like students with disabilities and those in low-income areas. Critics fear increased privatization, loss of federal protections, and a deepening of educational disparities across states. Skepticism about Trump's motives and the broader political implications of such a move is prevalent.

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From the article:

The Trump administration’s dismantling of the Department of Education was halted in court Thursday, as a federal judge blocked the government’s efforts to move its operations to other agencies and ordered the agency to rehire fired staff, ruling the Trump administration’s attempts to rehabilitate the agency were unlawful and causing widespread disruption.

Judge Myong J. Joun granted an injunction against the Trump administration, which blocks the Trump administration’s mass firing of approximately 50% of the Department of Education’s workforce and orders the government to rehire staff while the litigation moves forward

It also blocks Trump’s directive to move the federal student loan portfolio and special education programs out of the Department of Education and to the Small Business Administration and Department of Health and Human Services, respectively.

Breaking story so I will try to update later

kootles10

CharcoalGreyWolf

Great!!! The Department of Education is necessary to set guidelines for the country. If you think about a kid coming out of an Arkansas or West Virginia education system, what’s going to happen to Education in these states that shortchanged schools already. Without a federal overseer, those states will continue to fall behind.

JollyResolution2184

The actual objective: Prevent education so people are dumb, angry and controllable.

The stated objective: States rights.

modilion

The gop has been focused on dismantling most public sector jobs for decades. Everything but defense.

ShoutOutMapes

Because the dumber people are the easier it is to fool them. Look at the last election.

OpenImagination9

Because the public having a moderately fact based education is extremely detrimental to them believing bald faced lies like "illegal immigrants don't get due process rights."

(14th Amendment "any person" statement, btw.)

geekmasterflash

Because educated people think. Uneducated people believe anything that makes them feel good. Its easier to fool and coerce stupid people.

EWF_X29

Bc it’s easier to manipulate uneducated people

Sad_Dinner2006

Western_Bear8501

Because they want to privatize it and profit off it.  Betsy DeVos did a lot of leg work on that with charter schools in Trump’s first term. It’s been a project of the right for decades. 

Also, they can then control ‘facts’ such as why the civil war was fought or what powers are vested in each branch of government etc.

somautomatic

Because this is a COUP in all respects of the word: Read "1984" by George Orwell

SiteTall

Trump’s push to dismantle the Department of Education is rooted in ideology and political strategy. Conservatives have long criticized the department, seeing it as an example of federal overreach into what they believe should be state and local matters. By targeting it, Trump appeals to his base, which values smaller federal government and sees education as a battleground for cultural and ideological control.

Another motive is the perception that the Department of Education promotes policies conservatives oppose, like diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives or federal curriculum standards that conflict with their values. By dismantling the department, they can decentralize control, leaving education policy to individual states—many of which may weaken regulations or push more partisan agendas in schools.

Student loans are also part of the picture. Conservatives often frame the federal student loan program as contributing to rising college costs and argue for privatization. By eliminating the department, they can shift responsibility for loans to private companies, reducing federal involvement and oversight.

At its core, dismantling the Department of Education serves a broader agenda to weaken federal influence, defund public education, and create more opportunities for private and religious schools to shape the next generation. This would leave public schools underfunded and further widen the gap in educational access, favoring those who can afford alternatives. It's not about making education better—it’s about who controls it and who benefits.

rjgarc

Generickitty50

idk what they're on about. i grew up in texas and not even 10 years ago they were still teaching us that the civil war started because of states rights. to say it's "woke" now is wild

sharkhugger06

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Trump, Elon, and their ultra rich tech and crypto buddies are deliberately try ing to crumble the USA, destabilize societies and send us back into feudalism (called technofeudalism) so they can control everyone globally in worker camps. These tech bros have been talking about it openly for years and whats been happening the past couple months has been directly from their playbook. 


Heres a video about it thats compiled of Elon and all the people involved discussing their plans. This video was made 2 months ago but its been blowing up the past couple days due to it predicting whats been happening the last couple weeks. They also provide sources.

[DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan To Destory America](https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?si=8TUIgcdcKkVjKm4Q)

toweljuice

I would first ask why the Department of Education exists. It’s relatively new, why not start there?

pianoman626

If test scores were the best in the world or at least the top 5, i would say keep it under the condition of a complete audit of who and where the money goes.  At this point, kill it and do the audit anyway to see where the money went for historical reasons. 

ducatiduke

Because public education has usually been liberal leaning and conflicts with conservative standards in those applicable states

bimmer4WDrift

So the teachers are being mommy and daddy with all the sex changes and anti Christian values. But not teaching what they are paid to teach like mathematics, science, English, reading, spelling and social studies. Could this be the reason???

Ppl_r_bad


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Unrelated trivial annoyance, but the article uses DOE for Dept of Ed. The abbreviation for Dept of Ed is ED. Not DOE. DOE is for Energy.

muchnycrunchny

Ulthanon

Didntlikedefaultname

I know some folks at ED who were let go and now have new employment, some in Higher Ed, others went to the public sector.  The damage is done, they wont go back.  Even people still looking for work have to think it's just a matter of time before they get canned again.

And odds are the admin will just ignore this and/or drag it out in complying. 

*You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride.*

ThaddeusJP

Imagine dedicating your life to being an attorney for civil rights not to look for ways to sue for violations and make money but to genuinely work on behalf of THE PEOPLE in defending and creating landmark protections only to be told one day your job is now to protect the “rights” of people who have had their fundamental right to be a complete asshole taken away by “wokeness.”

And if you’re wondering if the new head of the division was just someone the Federalists liked or someone that was in Trump’s orbit or one of those lawyers who shows up on Fox for filing  lawsuits for things like “Masks are unconstitutional in a pandemic!” 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmeet_Dhillon

The answer is “why not be a bit of everything?”

Here’s to these lawyers getting together and creating a badass nonprofit that makes life super difficult for this administration. Or makes existing non profits more powerful.

Odd-Alternative9372

All these stories of people resigning, exoduses, etc in the face of Trump's orders are not good. This is all intentional and a goal of project 2025. It's a purging of non-loyalists, and those positions will all be backfilled by regime loyalists who will follow orders and push the agenda.

schuylkilladelphia

anduinblue

No-Spoilers

Consider making a donation to civil rights organizations

[https://www.findlaw.com/civilrights/enforcing-your-civil-rights/civil-rights-organizations-non-government.html](https://www.findlaw.com/civilrights/enforcing-your-civil-rights/civil-rights-organizations-non-government.html)

HellionPeri

Why do people keep giving up and quitting?   Thats exactly what he wants.

buzzedewok

Here's more from the [story](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-education-department-firings?utm_source=reddit.com&amp;utm_medium=lawdesk):

President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to let him resume dismantling the Department of Education, seeking to lift a lower court order that requires the reinstatement of as many as 1,400 workers.

The emergency filing Friday challenges a federal district judge’s conclusion that Trump’s effort to shut down the department would leave it unable to perform duties required under US law, including managing federal student loans, aiding state education programs and enforcing civil rights law.

The filing marks the 17th time since Trump’s inauguration that his administration has asked the Supreme Court for help as he seeks to implement a far-reaching agenda through executive orders and other unilateral steps. 

\- Zainab

bloomberglaw

How about starting with the secretary of education??

zak432000

MAGA MAKING AMERICA GROVEL AGAIN AND AGAIN AGAIN

NO SIGNS OF GREAT NONE ZERO NADA

Many_Trifle7780

I just read a report that they fired too many people - so I guess they aren't taking that serious.

NO_SPACE_B4_COMMA

“I love the poorly educated! We won with the poorly educated!” And his audience cheered…

eclwires

From a purely legal perspective, why can't he fire them? They fall under the executive branch and he's the head of the branch, it seems pretty open and shut to me.

Trictities2012

The Trump administration is pursuing efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, sparking legal battles and debates over the impact on civil rights and special education programs.

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