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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Mar 20, 2025, 10:55 PM Mar 2025

'Terrified': Students, teachers, parents revolt as Trump signs order to dismantle Dept. of Ed - MSNBC Prime



Donald Trump has made good on a campaign promise, fulfilling a longtime Republican priority, by signing an executive order to dismantle the federal Department of Education, which is already one of the smallest cabinet level departments. - Aired on 03/20/2025.
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'Terrified': Students, teachers, parents revolt as Trump signs order to dismantle Dept. of Ed - MSNBC Prime (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2025 OP
My kid teaches in an inner city school, he said many of the other teacher voted for Trump.s dem4decades Mar 2025 #1
Oh, me too! President Carter made Education a cabinet department and he knew what he was doing Rhiannon12866 Mar 2025 #2

dem4decades

(14,398 posts)
1. My kid teaches in an inner city school, he said many of the other teacher voted for Trump.s
Thu Mar 20, 2025, 10:58 PM
Mar 2025

FAFO, but I feel bad for my son ad the kids he teaches.

Rhiannon12866

(258,986 posts)
2. Oh, me too! President Carter made Education a cabinet department and he knew what he was doing
Thu Mar 20, 2025, 11:20 PM
Mar 2025

As an environmentalist, he also created the Department of Energy - is that next??

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