Trending claims

The federal government has an important role in producing high quality data and research not adequately invested in by states and school districts.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was the first real source of significant federal regulatory activity in K 12 education.

The federal government has at times not paid attention to core responsibilities.

The federal government has an important role in enforcing Civil Rights protections.

The federal government has perhaps had an exaggerated view of its potential as a policymaker.

Overarching bans raise serious privacy issues

The Every Student Succeeds Act was reauthorized and modified in 2015.

Eliminating federal funding streams gives the Department less room to place rules on federal funds.

Several states in the Union have enacted bans or restrictions on social media sites

Hackers had stolen at least 70000 images of government IDs that Discord had used for age verification

Measures like these have been susceptible to leaks of sensitive information

An age verification provider is potentially leaking information about people visiting pornographic websites

Social media companies are effectively forced to require everyone to prove their identity with government IDs or video selfies

Most proposals to eliminate the Department of Education would shift the core activities to other places in the federal bureaucracy.

The ban has taken away a critical source of community for Australians in rural areas

Project 2025 proposed phasing out Title One of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act over 10 years.

Social media is how Breanna Easton interacts with her friends who live several hours away

Teens have been able to circumvent new heavy-handed social media laws in Australia

After creating an account with a fake birthday Ades has retained her social media access

Eliminating the Department of Education requires a law which means clearing a potential filibuster in the U.S. Senate which currently requires 60 votes.