What is Happening at the Department of Education?

Send me a Text Message about the show! Time to do an update on how things are going in the Department of Education now that we are 623 days into the Trump administration. Wait, no…..I’m being told it has actually been 27 days. I’m sorry. So when I last spoke about the Dept of Education, it was November 18th and I was reacting to the release of then President elect Trump’s 10 point education plan. I did an overview on the history of the Department of Education and an overview of the programs in which the Department oversees. I would encourage you, if you haven’t already, to listen to that episode first as I will be jumping into a lot more detail and specifics about the Department of Education in this episode. You can listen to that episode here And now we know what the reality is of this administration’s plan. As President Trump said in a press conference from the Oval office on February 13th, “I’d like to close the department of education immediately”. Although his nominee for Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon is still going through her confirmation hearing, she has echoed this goal, although perhaps on a slightly slower timeline than the President has said. Today I want to try my best to articulate what these proposed changes will mean in practice in as plain and clear language as I can. Read Project 2025 here Read Proposed Programs to be closed here Support the show Keep up with all things WeSTAT on any (or ALL) of the social feeds: Instagram: Threads: Facebook: LinkedIn: Twitter: Have a topic or want to stay in touch via e-mail on all upcoming news? Help monetarily support the podcast by subscribing to the show! This is an easy way to help keep the conversations going:

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What is Happening at the Department of Education? is an episode from We Should Talk About That by Jessica Kidwell.

This episode is 22:24 long.

This episode was published on Feb 18, 2025.

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