Top House Democrats urged Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the Trump administration to reverse a Thursday move to begin dismantling the Department of Education.
“Students, teachers, and schools across the country rely on the Department’s important work to ensure that all people are able to access and grow through education, and we have serious doubts the remaining staff at the Department have the capacity to fulfill this mission,” Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.), ranking members on the House Oversight Committee and House Committee on Education and the Workforce, said in a Thursday letter to McMahon.
“We urge you to reverse these short-sighted decisions before they cause any more damage to America’s students, families, and educators,” continued the letter.
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order to facilitate his goal of getting rid of the Department of Education. The…
