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

[jc456]

Well clearly you never went to college....

DOE was union payback. Perhaps you should take your own advice

 

[BluesLegend]

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.

Wow, finally government workers are getting laid off it's about time! With $2 trillion dollar deficits they don't have the money to fund all these government jobs so yeah, here's your last check go get a real job moocher.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Another disaster by Jimmy Carter.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

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?

The DOE is a massive failure. The results don’t lie. Nobody is threatened except useful idiots that know democrats will lose another massive voting block that’s paid for by American taxpayers.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

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.

Nope. Democrats destroyed the public education for that same reason as usual. Vote buying.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Every State has an Education Department, All the DoE should do is set minimum federal Standards.

They tried that a few years ago and there was a full-scale revolt. Do you remember Common Core? That was a standard they encouraged states to follow but did not require it. Hysteria and misinformation killed it.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The DOE is a massive failure. The results don’t lie. Nobody is threatened except useful idiots that know democrats will lose another massive voting block that’s paid for by American taxpayers.

The Education Department doesn't educate kids. Holding them responsible for declining test scores is disingenuous. They need to be cut but they actual did some good back in the day. Those days are gone.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It didn't improve, in fact it got worse

Return it to the states

Back in the 1980s, schools did improve. You just don't remember. In 1960s and 70s, a child with a learning disability, physical handicap, or attended school in a poor black school district in the South, they were doomed to a life of ignorance and poverty with no way to be successful in life. That changed in 1980.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Why do certain school districts have certain areas that never change as to improve the grades of the students? Our nation is not doing well as compared to other nations. Demand results for the money spent. Anyone who works for a school district and sends their children to private schools is a red flag.

Most teachers who send their kids to private schools have a spouse with a significant income so they do not have to live in the school district where they live. When I moved to Kentucky, I was able to live in the district where I worked only in one of the 11 years. Because my wife and I were happy with the schools where we lived, my kids all attended public schools. Some people are forced to live in their own school districts for other reasons. When I taught in Florida, every teacher's kids attended our high school as did two of mine.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

So, what does the federal Department of Education do? Their annual budget is (was) $230 billion.

Most of that money is student loans, special education funds, and Title I programs for the poor.

 

[DukeU]

What is not good about them?

Do they provide student loans? Yes
Do they provide financial aid to low income districts? yes
Do they provide assistance to special needs students? yes

All they do is collect tax payer money and waste it.... That's it.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

They never are able to, they just say "they didn't get enough money"

I understand education is dealing with people, young people in particular and many factors impact how well teachers can do their jobs, some of which are outside their control.

The problem is teacher's unions demand ZERO results based accountability, and then just claim they need more money.

If you only knew the truth. Politicians want schools to hold teacher's accountable using unrealistic criteria. A teacher teaching honors Algebra II gets compared to a teacher teaching Applied Mathematics, which was basically Algebra I spread across two years, with a minimum of 10 special education students in the class on IEPs. The results will never compare, and it is blatantly stupid to assume they were.

 

[Blaster]

Most of that money is student loans, special education funds, and Title I programs for the poor.

The money will be available but the states will be in control of the schools instead of Washington DC.

 

[rightwinger]

All they do is collect tax payer money and waste it.... That's it.

Where is the waste?
Helping poor school districts?
Helping special needs?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

1. States, or cities? We know that urban centers cost the most and produce the worst results.
2. The federal bureaucracy was created to improve education. After 40 years, it is fair to ask whether it has succeeded or failed.
3. Washington, DC is not a state, is under federal education jurisdiction, and thus it is fair to ask how do DC schools stack up against the rest of the country?

You say states are screwing up education. If that is the case, the Department is not doing its job, is it? Now, if it's not doing its job, why is it allowed to exist?

I don't believe in many of the things done by the Education Department. But the actual education of the child is done by the local schools. Al the Education Department does, is or should I say do is to provide funding for the needed programs not supplied by the states.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

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

Student loans for postsecondary education, Title I, and Special education.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Another disaster by Jimmy Carter.

Congress created the Education Department, Democrats nonetheless.

 

[Lisa558]

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

Yes, it is what we voted for - and what she has been tasked to do. Excellent news.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The money will be available but the states will be in control of the schools instead of Washington DC.

Who is going to send it to them? There has to be a heartbeat in there somewhere.

 

[Lisa558]

I wonder how many bureaucrats will elect to end it all rather than endure having to wake up each morning and commute through rush hour traffic to a private sector job?

The leftwing media could report the death toll each day as the did during the heyday of the Wuflu pandemic when trump was in office

You mean government workers would rather kill themselves than get a regular job - and show up for it?