{"id":10333,"date":"2025-03-24T19:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=10333"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:31:03","slug":"education-dept-should-be-made-efficient-not-dismantled-union-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=10333","title":{"rendered":"Education Dept. should be made efficient, not dismantled: Union president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-4.jpg 699w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-4-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(NewsNation) \u2014 Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, warned that dismantling the Department of Education could have severe consequences for students across the nation, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the department, vowing to return control to states and local communities. The Trump administration argues the current system has failed students, citing stagnant math and reading scores since the department\u2019s creation in 1979, despite rising education spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weingarten said that while the department under former President Joe Biden\u2019s administration \u201cdid not do a good job,\u201d the agency shouldn\u2019t be dismantled but rather made efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy union actually didn\u2019t want the Department of Education in the first place. We thought it should stay as HEW (Health, Education, and Welfare) but now that we have it, we can\u2019t throw the baby out with the bath water,\u201d Weingarten said Sunday on \u201cNewsNation Prime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happens if the Department of Education is abolished?<br>Weingarten said that federal education dollars, which she described as \u201cone out of every $9 that kids get,\u201d support essential services including special education, after-school programs and resources for rural schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen with $100 billion that the Federal Department of Education is now charged with getting out to the states,\u201d Weingarten said. \u201cThat funding funds huge opportunity gaps in states.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DC Bureau: Education Department Dismantling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Democratic Rep. Jason Altmire, now CEO of Career Education Colleges and Universities, agreed \u201cthere\u2019s been huge inefficiency in the Department of Education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sign up fo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NewsNation) \u2014 Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, warned that dismantling the Department of Education could have severe consequences for students across the nation, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the department, vowing to return control to states and local communities. 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