Education Secretary Linda McMahon announces mass layoffs at Dept. of Education - 50% of workforce

[marvin martian]

Dept of Education just fills in the gaps and provides funding that poorer districts can’t handle

When you give 90 percent of educational responsibilities to communities and states and they fail…….you can’t blame the ten percent

How did the department of education spend it's $268 billion budget last year?

 

[IDIOCRACY]

Republicans are threatened by education

Stupid fk, our country was #1 in education before your demonicrat doe, now we're 40th.

Rightwinger short 4 open ass, insert foot

 

[rightwinger]

The Department of Education (DOE) allocates funding to various education-related programs and initiatives. Where the money goes can vary depending on the level of education and specific priorities. Here’s a general breakdown:

1. K-12 Education

• Title I Funding: To help disadvantaged students in low-income schools.


• Special Education: For students with disabilities, to provide support services and resources.


• Teacher Quality Grants: To improve teaching effectiveness through professional development, training, and retention.


• School Safety Programs: Funding for programs aimed at improving the safety and mental health of students.


• State and Local Education Funding: Grants for states and school districts to support various programs like literacy, STEM, and afterschool activities.

2. Higher Education


• Federal Student Aid (FSA): Pell Grants, work-study programs, and federal student loans to help students afford college.


• Higher Education Institutional Support: Grants for universities, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and other minority-serving institutions.


• Research and Innovation Grants: Funding to support research in universities, especially in STEM fields.

3. Workforce Development


• Adult Education: Grants to support programs for adult learners, including GED programs and English as a second language.


• Vocational Training Programs: To develop workforce skills for adults who need training outside of traditional college paths.


4. Program Administration


• Regulatory Oversight: Funding to ensure federal education laws and regulations are properly enforced.


• Policy Research: Resources allocated to evaluate and improve educational outcomes through studies and assessments.


5. Special Initiatives


• Grants for Innovation: Initiatives aimed at piloting new educational models, often focusing on technology or addressing achievement gaps.


Most funding is distributed via state governments and school districts, which then implement programs tailored to their specific needs.

 

[hadit]

Dept of Education just fills in the gaps and provides funding that poorer districts can’t handle

When you give 90 percent of educational responsibilities to communities and states and they fail…….you can’t blame the ten percent

You can if you're spending billions on that 10% and it's not getting the job done.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Before anyone asks, yes, this is what we voted for.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that mass layoffs—nearly 50 percent—are just a first step toward eliminating the Department of Education and returning power to the states and the parents.

Linda McMahon: Mass Layoffs at Education Department Are Just the First Step to Returning Power to Parents

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that mass layoffs—nearly 50 percent—are just a first step tow

redstate.com

Just the first step at eliminating the entire department
I never thought I'd hear those words coming out of anyone from government

 

[Edgetho]

There was a time when a DoE was necessary. We all know that. We are all aware of the fact that States and Counties were guilty of benign neglect in a lot of cases. Sometimes, the neglect was not so benign.

Those days are over. We all know that just as well. But like too many (most?) goobermint agencies, the DoE exists today for one purpose and one purpose only - To serve itself.

They are redundant and if you ask most Teachers, they will tell you that the DoE is more trouble than it's worth.

 

[jc456]

There was a time when a DoE was necessary. We all know that. We are all aware of the fact that States and Counties were guilty of benign neglect in a lot of cases. Sometimes, the neglect was not so benign.

Those days are over. We all know that just as well. But like too many (most?) goobermint agencies, the DoE exists today for one purpose and one purpose only - To serve itself.

They are redundant and if you ask most Teachers, they will tell you that the DoE is more trouble than it's worth.

wuhan was the evidence.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Not their job Skippy
That is up to local and state governments

So you’ll never miss it.

 

[marvin martian]

The Department of Education (DOE) allocates funding to various education-related programs and initiatives. Where the money goes can vary depending on the level of education and specific priorities. Here’s a general breakdown:

1. K-12 Education

• Title I Funding: To help disadvantaged students in low-income schools.


• Special Education: For students with disabilities, to provide support services and resources.


• Teacher Quality Grants: To improve teaching effectiveness through professional development, training, and retention.


• School Safety Programs: Funding for programs aimed at improving the safety and mental health of students.


• State and Local Education Funding: Grants for states and school districts to support various programs like literacy, STEM, and afterschool activities.

2. Higher Education


• Federal Student Aid (FSA): Pell Grants, work-study programs, and federal student loans to help students afford college.


• Higher Education Institutional Support: Grants for universities, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and other minority-serving institutions.


• Research and Innovation Grants: Funding to support research in universities, especially in STEM fields.

3. Workforce Development


• Adult Education: Grants to support programs for adult learners, including GED programs and English as a second language.


• Vocational Training Programs: To develop workforce skills for adults who need training outside of traditional college paths.


4. Program Administration


• Regulatory Oversight: Funding to ensure federal education laws and regulations are properly enforced.


• Policy Research: Resources allocated to evaluate and improve educational outcomes through studies and assessments.


5. Special Initiatives


• Grants for Innovation: Initiatives aimed at piloting new educational models, often focusing on technology or addressing achievement gaps.


Most funding is distributed via state governments and school districts, which then implement programs tailored to their specific needs.

Of the $268 billion they spent in 2024, how much went to each of these items?

 

[rightwinger]

Of the $268 billion they spent in 2024, how much went to each of these items?

Google is your friend

 

[marvin martian]

Google is your friend

It's funny how you're vigorously defending something you know literally nothing about.

Cultists gonna cult, I guess...

 

[rightwinger]

There was a time when a DoE was necessary. We all know that. We are all aware of the fact that States and Counties were guilty of benign neglect in a lot of cases. Sometimes, the neglect was not so benign.

Those days are over. We all know that just as well. But like too many (most?) goobermint agencies, the DoE exists today for one purpose and one purpose only - To serve itself.

They are redundant and if you ask most Teachers, they will tell you that the DoE is more trouble than it's worth.

Far from the truth

There are still states where education is not a priority. There are also areas of extreme poverty where they can’t provide decent schools even if they want to.

That is where Dept of Education comes in

 

[Dekster]

why are they needed?

Well, at this point, they are needed to process the applications, but whatever. Just don't ***** and complain when 8 million people still aren't paying their student loans 6 months from now.

 

[marvin martian]

Far from the truth

There are still states where education is not a priority. There are also areas of extreme poverty where they can’t provide decent schools even if they want to.

That is where Dept of Education comes in

Link?

 

[rightwinger]

Link?

 

[jc456]

Well, at this point, they are needed to process the applications, but whatever. Just don't ***** and complain when 8 million people still aren't paying their student loans 6 months from now.

process what applications?

department of education doesn't do shit for loans. post some receipts demofk asshole

 

[Dekster]

process what applications?

department of education doesn't do shit for loans. post some receipts demofk asshole

Well clearly you never went to college....

 

[Clipper]

• K-12 spending has surged, yet test scores remain stagnant.
• The federal student loan program has ballooned, creating a debt crisis.
• Catholic and private schools achieve better results while spending far less per student.

Face it, your indoctrination center for the Left is screwed.

Why do Trump & you MAGA bedwetter's feel threatened by the public school system? Or are you just parroting the propoganda spoonfed to you by your Dear Leader & his fringe right wing asseater's?

 

[MarcATL]

Republican's decades long wet-dream finally coming true.

The dismantling & destruction of the American public education system to build up and bilk government money to the private education free-for-all system.

I tell ya, evil always works hard towards its goal.

Well done Republicans. Well done.

 

[Clipper]

Republican's decades long wet-dream finally coming true.

The dismantling & destruction of the American public education system to build up and bilk government money to the private education free-for-all system.

I tell ya, evil always works hard towards its goal.

Well done Republicans. Well done.

Private school vouchers will be federal policy by the time those coxsucker's are done. Just another money grab for the well connected & those who line Trump's pockets.