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Why Axing the Dept. of Education Hurts Students, Pre-K to College (atlantatribune.com)

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From the Atlanta Tribune:

This post was originally published on Word In Black. By: Reid Setzer Terminating the Department of Education is a clear goal of Project 2025, which is rife with terrible ideas that would harm students and schools nationwide. Conservatives have been fixated on this particular bad idea since the department was created in 1979, but it […]

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

The real unspoken issue is segregation. A black or immigrant kid getting the same education as a white kid is considered a bigger threat to them than having to pay a lot of money for school or their kid getting a subpar homeschooled education (because the black or immigrant family won't have the resources to get even that).