The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, asking the justices to pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that requires the Department of Education to reinstate more than $65 million in training grants meant to address teacher shortages that it terminated in February because they funded programs that have diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

  • Doogos@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Why is it that Trump and his crew are so against education? This doesn’t even seem like a lot of money

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      22 days ago

      They’re not. This would primarily be a blow to PUBLIC education, which is what this kleptocracy hates. Private schools will work to snap up teachers, and several dozen people who own the private school networks will get a little bit richer. The knock on effect of “uneducated people are easier to lie to and manipulate” is just that - an unintended knock on.

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        22 days ago

        Private schools pay shit wages, they’re much less than public schools in most places.

        And that sucks because all teachers get paid so much less as a whole than they should.

        Now that special education funds will be gone due to that money essentially solely coming from the federal government, public school teachers are going to have a MUCH harder time teaching without the special needs students not having the services they need. It ends up severely impacting the entire class.