Last month, a lot of attention was paid to a proposal by the federal Department of Education to eliminate its office for English Language Learners (see DeVos Might Eliminate Federal ELL Office).
Now, apparently, there’s even bigger news – a proposal to eliminate the Department of Education itself, which the Trump Administration will announce on Thursday.
For further information, see:
White House to Propose Merging Education, Labor Departments is from The Wall Street Journal.
Is Some Merger Afoot for the Education, Labor Departments? is from Ed Week.
UPDATES:
White House Proposes Merging Education And Labor Departments is from NPR.
Trump administration proposes major reorganization of the federal government, calling for merging the education and labor departments. https://t.co/cfheSGKgmz
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2018
Ranking Dem on @EdWorkforce, Bobby Scott: “The Department of Labor is no more equipped to oversee elementary education policy than the Department of Education is prepared to enforce standards for coal mine safety. The logic behind this proposal is painfully thin.”
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) June 21, 2018
@BetsyDeVosED calls new Trump reorg plan, which merges Dept of Education and Dept of Labor, “bold reform.”
“Artificial barriers between education and workforce programs have existed for far too long.” pic.twitter.com/Vt13sLHTEY
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) June 21, 2018
White House plan for a new combined “Department of Education and the Workforce” is out.
Here’s what it would look like:https://t.co/JkeId3rLN8 pic.twitter.com/RMRuMnnJ6b
— Michael Stratford (@mstratford) June 21, 2018
An ‘Education and the Workforce’ Agency? is from Inside Higher Ed.
Here’s How Educators Feel About Trump’s Push to Merge the Education and Labor Departments https://t.co/D35TZmKvEv
— Politics K-12 (@PoliticsK12) June 25, 2018
A History Of The Department Of Education is from NPR.
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