To the editor: How on Earth did the U.S. win World Battle II and land astronauts on the moon with out the Division of Schooling (“Trump guts the Education Department with massive layoffs; shock waves reach California,” March 12)? These afraid that schooling will endure when that federal division is eradicated ought to cease and take into consideration all that the nation completed with out it. Then they should evaluate faculties earlier than that forms was created with faculties now to see that they’re now a lot worse off on each measure of studying. Anybody who cares, actually cares about schooling, ought to cheer the elimination of the division.
F. Stephen Masek, Mission Viejo
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The insurance policies being put forth transcend the fast impact on poor and disabled college students. They embrace permitting taxes to pay for personal or spiritual faculties that are inclined to slim what’s being taught. Public faculties had been meant to be levelers, broad and small “d” democratic.
If mother and father can “select” a personal college with no monetary burden, that can absolutely imply a return to segregation, already a rising drawback due to constitution faculties. Many fought and died for civil rights in the USA, and faculty desegregation was a real focus level. So most of the insurance policies being enacted and proposed are rolling again the small positive aspects made for equality. Persevering with on this route will definitely take this nation again a minimum of to the final century.
Margo Kasdan, Seal Seashore
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How dare President Trump try to only erase the Division of Schooling? We all know he doesn’t give a rattling about any poor child making it to school and even highschool commencement. Simply regardless of the wealthy can do is simply high-quality, proper?
Cheryl Clark, Lengthy Seashore
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To the editor: Possibly it is sensible to chop employees and funds to the Division of Schooling. Since its founding in 1979, People have gotten dumber and most lack any understanding of presidency or the U.S. Structure. Trump’s current reelection is all of the proof one wants. Maybe with a better-educated citizens, this error won’t occur once more.
Michael Krubiner, Valley Village
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The dumbing down of America has gone too far with President Trump and [White House advisor] Elon Musk making large cuts to schooling. Isn’t it dangerous sufficient that this president has given carte blanche to the world’s richest billionaire to remove social applications for the needy which have sustained thousands and thousands of the much less lucky over time?
Joan Speckin, Ladera Ranch
