The various bloated bureaucracies that incorporate the name “Education” into their organizations are having a bad couple of weeks.
After decades of broken promises from establishment Republicans to eliminate the Department of Education, President Trump is actually moving forward and doing so…with the Supreme Court’s blessing. About 1,300 public servants in the department are being let go, and this is just the start.
This is a beautiful headline I thought I’d never live to see. “Supreme Court says Trump's efforts to close the Education Department can continue” [NPR – 7/14/2025]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that it would allow the Trump administration to resume dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
And once again, although we always heard Republicans such as Bush/Cheney/Ryan/Romney campaign on cutting the Department of Education, they never did a thing toward that goal while in office. But now it is Donald Trump who is actually doing it. Coincidentally, the “true conservatives” in legacy “Conservative, Inc” media outlets continue to slander Trump as being “not a conservative.” They continue to hold out hope for another Bush or Cheney to bring back their preferred version of polite conservatism, which is really just capitulation to the left.
Aside from the Department of Education, there is more good news. MAGA conservatives in Congress are introducing a bill to revoke the National Education Association’s charter. The NEA is the largest labor union in the U.S.
North Carolina Rep. Mark Harris and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn revealed on Tuesday in The Daily Caller that they will each introduce the National Education Association Charter Repeal Act in their respective chambers. The bill aims to revoke the federal charter for the largest teachers’ union in the country.
Speaking of teacher’s unions, the president of the politically strident American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, took the opportunity on July 4th to showcase her inability to handle elementary-level spelling and grammar.
She first posted this amazing tweet, and apparently tried to edit it several times before finally giving up and deleting it. Her tweet read: “Hoping this 4rth of July the sun starts peaking thru again”
In just eleven words there were three misspellings, as well as an absence of any punctuation.
Ms. Weingarten eventually settled on this tweet, which as of now is still posted at Twitter, but she apparently gave up on trying to figure out how to spell “4th” correctly:
Related, sort of, I stumbled upon this flying around social media, and it gave me a chuckle.
The evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:
1. Teaching Math In 1950s: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ?
2. Teaching Math In 1970s: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. What is his profit?
3. Teaching Math In 1980s: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?
4. Teaching Math In 1990s: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number that represents twenty.
5. Teaching Math In 2000s: A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers, and if you feel like crying, it's ok.)
With a few exceptions, my teachers in the 1970s and ‘80s were exceptional instructors who were deserving of the respect and admiration that was given to teachers back then. I knew nothing about their personal lives, nor did they discuss them. It really saddens me what has happened in the ensuing decades. Back then, teachers taught, students learned, and the only flags displayed in our classrooms were the state flag and American flag.
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