22/03/2025
There's a reason why Republicans relentlessly attack any and all education. An educated person is far more likely to employ critical thinking and reject their anti-empathy propaganda. When people learn humanity's history, they're less likely to ignore the patterns of it repeating!
Destroying the Dept. of Education will NOT change your kids' curriculum, improve learning outcomes, or put money back in your pocket. States and local school districts are already in charge of public education. This order is nothing but a scheme to disrupt public education so it's easier to privatize and enrich the President's billionaire buddies.
Founded in 1980, the primarily funds student financial aid and K-12 programs. In 2024, the ED received 4% of all federal funding — $268.35B — making it the 6th highest-funded federal agency. It’s also the smallest of any cabinet-level department with 4,100 full-time employees in 2023.
Most ED funds go toward student financial aid ($160.69B), with two main programs supporting college students: Pell Grants and the federal student loan program.
Elementary and secondary education are mostly funded by local governments, while state governments support higher education. In 2022, the government budgeted $96.2 billion for elementary and secondary education. 46.4% of that came from the ED.
School districts in Mississippi, South Dakota, and Arkansas leaned the most on federal funding. But if we’re talking dollars per student, Alaska, Washington DC, and North Dakota took the top spots.
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