The Education Department (ED) has historically played a critical role in protecting civil rights, promoting equity, and providing opportunities for all students, including those in marginalized communities, students with disabilities, LGBTQ students, and multilingual learners. This reckless action strips students of vital resources and tears down statutorily mandated functions that are essential to addressing racial and economic inequality in education. It also threatens decades of bipartisan progress toward educational fairness and reverses the commitment of previous administrations — Republican and Democrat alike — to ensure equal access to education. As the Supreme Court unanimously recognized in Brown v. Board of Education, public education “is the very foundation of good citizenship.”
The DoE subsidised schools in poor, rural areas in States like Miss'ippi and Lous'ana, providing meals and activities for disadvantaged children. A better analogy would be to say Trump's simply picking on them in the same way Starmer is going after Benefits cuts in the UK.
Optimism? How is erasing history helped/hindered by being optimistic?
Hilarious that the proud flag-shagging champions of The Empire are happy to see Americas history erased. Perhaps your optimism only extends as far as the good bits then seems to wane when any of the bad stuff is recounted.