The U.S. Department of Education recently announced massive job cuts, with over 1,300 positions being terminated and an additional 600 employees either accepting voluntary resignations or retiring. The cuts were met with swift backlash from teachers unions, parent groups, and education advocates. Teachers unions denounced the cuts as an attack on academic opportunity and the agency’s ability to support students, while parent groups vowed to fight back against the dismantling of their children’s future. In contrast, supporters of school choice applauded the move, saying it would usher in a “golden age in American education” by shifting the responsibility of education back to the states and parents.
President Trump expressed his desire to move education into the states and away from Washington bureaucrats, emphasizing that most public school funding comes from state and local governments. Advocacy groups promoting school choice view the job cuts as a step towards ensuring that federal program dollars are directed to follow students regardless of the type of school they attend. While Democrats generally oppose school choice, Republicans have differing opinions on the best policy approaches.
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