Anti-Learning & Anti-Growth
Context
2009-01-01 Linda McMahon’s educational experience involves sitting on the Connecticut Board of Education for one year, and she holds a degree in French.
https://edsource.org/updates/mcmahon-confirmed-as-u-s-secretary-of-education
2016
2016-02-24 During a speech in Las Vegas, Trump told the crowd, “I love the poorly educated”.
2018
The publication “A Short History of the Department of State” was retired.
https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history
2023
2023-10-23 News outlets reported that U.S. House Republicans are increasingly banning and censoring books in school libraries.
https://pen.org/report/the-normalization-of-book-banning/
2025 January
2025-01-20 Page 482 of Project 2025 aims to eliminate Head Start.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14084 Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14000 Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers.
2025 February
2025-02-19 Republican lawmakers in both Indiana and Washington removed state funding for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program which provided free books to schoolchildren.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dolly-parton-imagination-library-program-053648307.html
2025 May
2025-05-22 Kristi Noem ordered the Department of Homeland Security to terminate Harvard University’s student-and-exchange visitor program SEVP certification.
2025-05-28 Marco Rubio stated he would “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students.
2025 September
2025-09-16 The Department of Education issued “non-continuation” for nine federally funded projects for middle and high school students, including 9 arts education initiatives, 20 projects centered around American history, and at least two efforts to supply free books to schoolchildren from low-income families. EDWEEK also reported that they cancelled grants for civics, literacy, and college prep.
2026 January
2026-01-06 Texas A&M directed teachers to ban Plato, citing “gender ideology”.
https://lithub.com/texas-am-is-banning-plato-citing-his-gender-ideology/
2026 February
2026-02-02 Texas A&M announced it would be cutting Women’s Studies due to policy on race and gender topics.