Goodbye Department of Education: Trump wants to eliminate the Department of Education and cut school funding

It is no surprise to anyone who followed the Trump campaign that he wants to make major changes to the education system at the federal level. The new president plans to ban diversity initiatives and promote patriotic programs that emphasize the “American way of life.”

What does the Department of Education do and what will happen if it is liquidated?

The Department of Energy was founded in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter. “strengthen the federal government’s commitment to ensuring access to equal educational opportunity for every person.” The agency’s purpose is to improve education and the management of federal educational activities. and increase program accountability to the President, Congress, and the public, according to Ministry of Education website.

It is difficult to imagine how education at all levels could operate without federal guidance and funding. Trump has promised to get rid of the Energy Department, but it is unclear how he will do that or when he plans to take that step. But as he said in a recent speech“Promises made, promises kept.” Therefore, his fans and followers will look forward to the completion of the wall on the border with Mexico, the end of the war in Ukraine and the reduction of prices, as well as cuts in federal funds for education.

Trump says he will shut down the Department of Education, which provides federal funding for public schools, and in the next phase says he will use federal Education Department funding as leverage to control public school curriculums in liberal cities.

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— Mike Hixenbaugh (@Mike_Hixenbaugh) October 18, 2024

He wants to phase out the Ministry of Education, but he also has many ideas that he wants to implement in schools at all levels.. He wants teachers to “embrace patriotic values and support the American way of life.” The contradiction is that he wants to cut plans and activities, but at the same time he has a program that wants to introduce merit pay for teachers and create a new university called “American Academy” it would be free for students and would be funded by “taxes, fines and lawsuits” from private universities. Trump knows a lot about running a higher education institutionWith the rise and fall of his Trump Universitywhich was forced to close and pay $25 million in a settlement with students who sued the institution.

Despite many ideas about what education should be, Trump wants to give states the right to decide what’s best for their citizens as long as these plans are consistent with its Agenda47.