The trouble with T-levels and the academic/vocational divide | Vocational education
I appreciate her rigorous analysis of Susanna Rustin not addressing post-16 academic/professional disparities (T-level is a disaster, and young people suffer because the pastors don't acknowledge it). I agree that there is little evidence that T levels marks the end of the “second class status” of vocational education, but the question is part of the […]
Live updates: Trump faces backlash over deportations, Education Department
President Trump is dealing with rebellion against Democrats, activists and judges in Congress to strengthen the deportation of US immigrants US District Judge James Boasberg recently imposed a temporary order to halt deportation under the 18th century wartime law of alien enemy law. Boasberg claimed at a hearing Thursday that the government “avoided” the deadline […]
Linda McMahon reveals game plan to unwind US Department of Education
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Sunday argued that programs, including special education and student loans, would not be cut, even if they are managed by other departments. Laying out a game plan to rewind her agency as much as possible, McMahon explained that the Trump administration has at least a loose idea for offices […]
TRUMP’S TWIST: Battlelines Drawn as Deportation Critics Unite to Take on Education Cuts in Sunday’s High-Stakes Showdown
As President Trump increases deportations of US immigrants, he faces backlash from Congressional Democrats, ground activists, and judges in court. US District Judge James Boasberg recently imposed a temporary halt on deportation under the 18th-century wartime law of Alien Enemy Law. He ordered the government to prove it didn’t ignore his order to return a […]
Trump delivers on education, but activist judges stand in the way
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at abolishing the Department of Education and returning most of its resources to the state level, providing one of his biggest campaign promises. The order is a step in the right direction, but Trump alone cannot dismantle the department. Jimmy Carter first created the agency, […]
Trump SLASHES Education Dept amid scores and LGBTQ+ agenda
Conservatives have been messing around with the idea of abolishing the Department of Education for decades, but President Donald Trump has finally taken action. “For a while, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education,” President Trump said in his address to the American people. Terry Schilling, president of […]
Trump shifts Education Department functions to other federal agencies
President Donald Trump announced Friday that some of the remaining functions of the Department of Education will move to “quickly effective” for the Department of Small Business Management and Health and Human Services. Earlier this month, the education sector x more than 1,300 workers, and Secretary Linda McMahon called for a “first step” towards the […]
We Are Back to Segregation Without the Department of Education
Gov. Tim Waltz (D-MN) argued on MSNBC's “Rachel Madow Show” on Thursday that schools could be separated without the Ministry of Education. Madow said, “What is your reaction to closing the education sector today?” Waltz said, “Well, we knew it was coming, but that's still a day I'm afraid of. I certainly feared it as […]
Trump’s order to dismantle Deptartment of Education gets backing by House GOP
First on FOX: House Republicans have already made a move to significantly curb President Donald Trump's executive orders on the Department of Education, which is set in federal law. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, who was in the White House on Thursday for Trump's announcement, told Fox News Digital minutes after the event that he was […]
Education experts applaud Trump signing order to begin dismantling DoEd
Education experts praised President Donald Trump for sending education issues back to the states on Thursday with the signing of the much-anticipated executive order to dismantle the education sector. “It's a past time for a radical rethinking of how education is managed in this country because it cannot continue to support the failure system,” Nicole […]