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President Donald Trump referred to as the Division of Training a “con job,” saying he noticed a report that the nation ranks fortieth on this planet in schooling however is No. 1 in value per pupil.
Trump spoke with reporters Wednesday afternoon from the Oval Workplace and was requested how quickly he needed the Division of Training (DOE) closed.
“Oh, I’d prefer it to be closed instantly. Take a look at the Division of Training. It’s a giant con job,” he answered. “They ranked the highest nations on this planet. We’re ranked No. 40, however we’re ranked No. 1 in a single division: value per pupil. So, we spend extra per pupil than another nation on this planet, however we’re ranked No. 40.”
Trump mentioned the final time he checked out the place the U.S. ranked in schooling, it was thirty eighth, however then he seemed two days in the past, and the nation had fallen to No. 40.
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President Trump mentioned he would really like the Division of Training to shut instantly. (Donald Trump 2024 marketing campaign)
He even famous that China had ranked within the prime 5.
“As huge as it’s, it’s ranked within the prime 5, and that’s our … major competitor,” Trump mentioned. “So, if we’re ranked No. 40, meaning one thing’s actually unsuitable.”
The president has ordered the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), the division led by Elon Musk, to search out methods to slash wasteful spending, and the DOE made the chopping block this week.
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The U.S. Division of Training constructing Aug. 21, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Photographs)
DOGE introduced Monday that $881 million associated to 89 DOE contracts was being reduce.
Of that $881 million, DOGE recognized $101 million that was getting used for DEI coaching, together with educating educators to “assist college students perceive/interrogate the advanced histories concerned in oppression, and assist college students acknowledge areas of privilege and energy on a person and collective foundation.”
“Your tax {dollars} have been spent on this,” Musk wrote of the DOE spending.
Final month, Trump signed two govt orders on schooling, one to take away federal funding from Okay-12 colleges that train essential race principle (CRT), and one other to help college selection.
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Crucial race principle (CRT) has emerged as a polarizing matter lately. (Robert Gauthier)
The educating of CRT and different controversial content material in colleges has sparked backlash from dad and mom at college board conferences throughout the nation over the previous a number of years. Throughout his presidential marketing campaign, Trump pledged to chop federal funding for colleges that promote CRT, transgender ideology and “another inappropriate racial, sexual or political content material on our kids.”
Trump has signed a flurry of govt orders concentrating on federal funding for colleges as check scores proceed to drop, in accordance with the Nation’s Report Card.
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Trump administration officers are additionally reportedly weighing a plan to dismantle the U.S. Division of Training, in accordance with a Wall Avenue Journal report revealed final week.
Fox Information Digital’s Kristine Parks contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.
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Trump blasts Division of Training as ‘con job,’ says he desires it closed ‘instantly’
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