End of Dept Ed

[Anonymous]

We knew it was coming. How will it change future schooling in our nation?

Also, who is the guy in red polo with tats staring at the ceiling??


https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/11/18/trump-administration-announce-dismantling-much-education-dept/

[Anonymous]

Public education has been ruined for years. Let it crash and burn and we’ll start over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public education has been ruined for years. Let it crash and burn and we’ll start over.

This. I began working in the schools when my own kids were in MS/HS after years SAH. It has been so eye opening. If I knew when they were younger what I know now, we would have done private K-12 and I plan to pay for my grandchildren to do just that.

Without major reform, public schools will become just for poor and special education students. Even middle class families will find a way out.

And I work at a “highly rated” school in a wealthy area with an active parents community. It’s still atrocious and the parents don’t seem to know. I didn’t back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public education has been ruined for years. Let it crash and burn and we’ll start over.

After our personal experience watching the once-great FCPS circle the drain and crumble around our teens, I agree that public education in the U.S. has indeed been ruined.

All the while: the U.S. Department of Education was fully funded. The departments existence only made the problems worse.

I am a democrat who supports education but I am glad to see the department dissolved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public education has been ruined for years. Let it crash and burn and we’ll start over.

This. I began working in the schools when my own kids were in MS/HS after years SAH. It has been so eye opening. If I knew when they were younger what I know now, we would have done private K-12 and I plan to pay for my grandchildren to do just that.

Without major reform, public schools will become just for poor and special education students. Even middle class families will find a way out.

And I work at a “highly rated” school in a wealthy area with an active parents community. It’s still atrocious and the parents don’t seem to know. I didn’t back then.

This is the sad reality in many parts of the US, only when schools hit rock bottom will things change. Locally Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) is a perfect example. Still riding a good reputation from a couple of decades ago but crumbling from within due to poor leadership.

[Anonymous]

Good riddance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public education has been ruined for years. Let it crash and burn and we’ll start over.

This. I began working in the schools when my own kids were in MS/HS after years SAH. It has been so eye opening. If I knew when they were younger what I know now, we would have done private K-12 and I plan to pay for my grandchildren to do just that.

Without major reform, public schools will become just for poor and special education students. Even middle class families will find a way out.

And I work at a “highly rated” school in a wealthy area with an active parents community. It’s still atrocious and the parents don’t seem to know. I didn’t back then.

Time to bring back one room schools and cut the education bureaucracy down to size.

[Anonymous]

It’s not the end. They won’t be getting this done before 2027 when they lose Congress.

[Anonymous]

Trump loves the poorly educated.

[Anonymous]

Public education didn’t just “go bad.” There has been a systematic attack on it for over 60 years after they were forced to integrate. Would it benefit from reforms? Yes! But destruction has been intentional.

Good luck America

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public education didn’t just “go bad.” There has been a systematic attack on it for over 60 years after they were forced to integrate. Would it benefit from reforms? Yes! But destruction has been intentional.

Good luck America

The cause is the GOP undercutting public education reform and pulling public money out of public education and into parochial and "charter" schools.

[Anonymous]

You realize that the Dept. of Education really has very little to do with local public schools, right? Its primary function has always been the administration of student loans and grants.

School standards and curricula are generally established at the state and local levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that the Dept. of Education really has very little to do with local public schools, right? Its primary function has always been the administration of student loans and grants.

School standards and curricula are generally established at the state and local levels.

No, they don't realize this. That's the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public education has been ruined for years. Let it crash and burn and we’ll start over.

This. I began working in the schools when my own kids were in MS/HS after years SAH. It has been so eye opening. If I knew when they were younger what I know now, we would have done private K-12 and I plan to pay for my grandchildren to do just that.

Without major reform, public schools will become just for poor and special education students. Even middle class families will find a way out.

And I work at a “highly rated” school in a wealthy area with an active parents community. It’s still atrocious and the parents don’t seem to know. I didn’t back then.

Interesting. Would like to know more. From your perspective, can you name three phenomenon or issues (system-wide ones, not 'Principal Smith is lazy' or whatever) that a) led you to believe this and b) that you believe exist across school (not just the ones you mentioned.)

Not challenging what you said, but would like to understand the problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We knew it was coming. How will it change future schooling in our nation?

Also, who is the guy in red polo with tats staring at the ceiling??


https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/11/18/trump-administration-announce-dismantling-much-education-dept/

Oof. He looks like a real MAGA genius.