Well, it’s anonymous secret sources and all that, but the scuttlebutt is that sometime this month, President Donald Trump will issue an executive order that will begin to dismantle the federal Dept. of Education (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/trump-finalizing-plans-shutter-education-department-00202225).
Gee wiz, why would anybody want to do that?
Meanwhile, in New Jersey, the teachers’ union has demanded that the public schools hire “teachers” who, um, “struggle” with basic reading, writing, and arithmetic… ’cause union honcho Randi Weingarten sez it just ain’t “democracy” to burden teachers with all those requirements, blah-blah (https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/05/new-jersey-unions-demand-state-hire-teachers-who-struggle-to-read-or-write/. And New Jersey’s Democrat governor happily signed the bill. I guess the union buttered his bread for him but good in the last election.
I have taught in public school. I have for many years advocated for the end of “public education.”
If you still think it’s worth saving, I know a man who has a nice big bridge to sell you.