U.S. News & World Report: The Dismantling of the Education Department
March 20. 2025
Executive Director Noreen Farrell is featured in a U.S. News & World Report article about Trump’s Executive Order attempting to dismantle the Dept. of Education.
“While the administration is claiming that this returns power to the states, it effectively removes critical federal oversight that ensures equal education for all students, regardless of gender, race, disability status or economic background,” she says. “This is disastrous. Obviously, we anticipate legal challenges, but the message it sends – that students in this country aren’t worth a fully functioning and endorsed Department of Education – is extremely troubling.”
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Farrell emphasizes that only an act of Congress “can get rid of the Department Education fully so now is the time to engage with (your) elected representatives to make sure that that overreach of executive powers doesn’t happen and that there’s some congressional action to address this.”
“Really make your voices known about why government works when it comes to education and why it’s critical,” she says. “And they can do that in a lot of different ways, but it’s going to be really important that both the White House and Congress hear from parents and children themselves about how they view this.”
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