Trump Admin dismantling Dept. of Education — mass firings underway

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Mulberry Heel said:
There's something terribly ironic and telling about a twitter photoshop bragging about Trump shutting down the Department of Education while misspelling the word Department. Kind of symbolizes the whole reason why we need a Department of Education. Not that Musk cares, of course.
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Maybe they meant 'Depart, Men of Education.' Which is what they want anyway.
 
lawtig02 said:
There’s never been stronger evidence the GOP is a cult than the fact that 2/3 of them support closing the Department of Education. Absolutely pathetic.
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What's the photoshop - the one of the potbellied guy with a USA flag undershirt holding a beer saying "And I told that teachin' lady that the only letters I needed to know were U, S, and A!" A big part of Trumpism is that it's a war on "educated elites" - the professional classes. So from their perspective shutting it down makes perfect sense. They really do seem to believe now that getting your information off the dark corners of the web makes you just as much of an expert on a topic or problem as someone with a grad or undergrad degree whose entire career has been in that field. It's in part a movement of opinionated blowhards who think they know everything about every topic, with Rush Limbaugh being a classic prototype.
 
What about the Carl Perkins Act? Who’s going to manage that?
It was just re-upped in 2018, under Trump’s first merry-go-round.

Perkins is some serious pot o’ money. All of that goes to all the middle and high schools for all kinds of hands on learning: shop class, home Ec., Robotics, Carpentry, Masonry, welding, nursing, business classes, computer classes, auto mechanics, drafting, mechatronics, electronics, Culinary Arts, Fashion design, Interior Design, internships, apprenticeships, etc. . The list of very important classes that teach real-world skills hangs in the balance of Perkins.

Bubba-Maga loves him some of those classes. They’re the only reason he stayed in school

Is trump going to steal that money and let those classes die on the vine?
Fuck Trump!
 
superrific said:
So now the measure of effectiveness is head count? I would have thought the 200,000 employee number would be catnip for some sort of efficiency operation.

Seems to me that the DOE, with its 1500 employees managing 1.6T in assets, is doing an amazing job delivering strong returns.
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1,500 plus how many contracted employees?
 
Mulberry Heel said:
What's the photoshop - the one of the potbellied guy with a USA flag undershirt holding a beer saying "And I told that teachin' lady that the only letters I needed to know were U, S, and A!" A big part of Trumpism is that it's a war on "educated elites" - the professional classes. So from their perspective shutting it down makes perfect sense. They really do seem to believe now that getting your information off the dark corners of the web makes you just as much of an expert on a topic or problem as someone with a grad or undergrad degree whose entire career has been in that field. It's in part a movement of opinionated blowhards who think they know everything about every topic, with Rush Limbaugh being a classic prototype.
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in the words of the great Billy Joe Shaver...

I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
And ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way
 
ColdBlueSteel said:
1,500 plus how many contracted employees?
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The U.S. Department of Education had around 4,133 employees in January 2025, and after a reduction in force, it is expected to have around 2,183 staff members.

The 4133 probably includes every job, full time. PT and contractors.
 
heelinhell said:
in the words of the great Billy Joe Shaver...

I've been to Georgia on a fast train, honey
I wasn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raisin' and an eighth grade education
And ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way
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Another song which should find it’s way to the music page
 
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