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The Trump administration is moving closer to dismantling the US Education Department, shifting some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies.
Title I funding for low-income schools is moving to the Department of Labor, while other programs are moving to Health and Human Services, the State Department, and the Interior Department.
Some worry that all this change will interrupt services for students who rely on extra support.
So this week we asked readers: What do you think of Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education?
Here’s what they had to say…
“Just another step in destroying our country and the progress we’ve made in my lifetime.This will be especially hard on students with special needs and their families.” — Tim Kelly
“Nothing Trump does is not motivated by his lust for vengeance or personal gain.” — William Bryk
“The so called Department of Education is nothing but indoctrination of America’s children to believe that communism the way. History has been twisted to keep the truth from being told to the kids which when known the children could easily see for themselves the truth as we were able to!” — Gerald Easson
“Dismantling the Department of Education is horrible and outrageous. It is so obviously a fascist move—the less educated and more ignorant the populace, the easier to control. The Founding Fathers were clear that a healthy functioning democracy requires a well-educated population that can think critically. The United States has shamefully made education a lower priority for much of its history. Teachers are paid so poorly for such a critically important job.” — Mary Langdon
“I am totally opposed. We need an educated populace and if we lose the guidance of the Department of Education, who knows what will be lost.” — Deborah Lievens
“Like everything Trump has done, it sucks!” — Sean Kerwin
“I am for this action.” — Patricia Quirk
“I think it is the worst thing ever! Our schools were already in trouble, he is making it so so so much worse!” — Jhana Arsenault
