A Sense of Doubt blog post #3460 - Why The Radical Right Wants to Shutdown the Federal Department of Education

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3460 - Why The Radical Right Wants to Shutdown the Federal Department of Education

As it goes in our country, there's a group of paper who blame others for what they themselves are doing or want to do.

The GOP, Trump especially, claiming that the democrats want to "burn it all down" and destroy our country is the transparent projection of what they themselves want and HAVE WANTED since Reagan's terms.

The new grievance motivating eliminating the Federal Department of Education is Critical Race Theory and supposed "DEI" policies/lessons, such as teaching the realities of gender in our culture -- like "trans" people exist.

I have to admit that like much of what's in Project 2025 I was very freaked out at the thought of the GOP getting in control of all branches of government and clearing house, eliminating many agencies including the Federal Department of Education.

It's unlikely to happen, thankfully.

In fact, many of the plans in the Project 2025 document are unlikely to be carried through. Not that this is any reason to go ahead and vote for people who align with the Radical Right outlook of the Heritage Foundation and its Project 2025.

Here's some of my research on the Department of Education elimination.

Thanks for tuning in.



https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/07/11/project-2025-explained/

• Eliminating the Department of Education. The plan explicitly proposes, "Federal education policy should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated." The report also calls for bans on so-called "critical race theory" (CRT) and "gender ideology" lessons in public schools, asking for legislation that would require educators who share such material to register as sex offenders and be imprisoned. 

The Education Department is basically a giant grant-making agency. About 95 percent of the department’s $67.3 billion budget is devoted to grant-making, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The department gives out K-12 grants to states for educating low-income children and children with disabilities and for training teachers. It makes K-12 grants to school districts for children who live on military bases and other federal land. Those federal funds make up about 12 percent of all education spending.

In higher education, the department doesn’t give out massive grants but rather individual vouchers to students with financial need.

The Education Department also makes all new federal student loans and, through contracts with private companies, ensures those loans are serviced and paid back.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2011/11/11/what-would-it-mean-abolish-education/

https://www.businessinsider.com/abolish-education-department-thomas-massie-doesnt-address-student-loans-2023-2


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