Anti-Learning & Anti-Growth

Context

2009-01-01 Linda McMahon holds limited credentials in education. She only served one year on the Connecticut Board of Education and holds a degree in French.

https://www.ctpublic.org/news/investigative/2025-01-07/linda-mcmahon-education-experience-connecticut-history

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

2023-03-29 Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies initiated a “hostile takeover” of New College of Florida as part of a political campaign.

https://www.whathappenedtonewcollege.org/

https://apnews.com/article/desantis-new-college-florida-woke-timeline-5a5bcd78230ddd2a1adb8021fea8a755

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMc07F1UUU&list=WL&index=9&t=7s

2023-10-23 Republicans increasingly ban books.

https://pen.org/report/the-normalization-of-book-banning/

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/10/23/u-s-house-republicans-target-explicit-books-in-school-libraries/

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2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14084 Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/

2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14000 Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/

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.

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/22/harvard-university-loses-student-and-exchange-visitor-program-certification-pro

2025-05-28 Marco Rubio stated he would “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/28/g-s1-69495/rubio-says-u-s-will-aggressively-revoke-visas-for-many-chinese-students

2025 September

2025-09-16 The Department of Education ended funding for nine student-focused projects, including arts education, American history programs, free-book initiatives, civics education, literacy efforts, and college-preparation programs.

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-cancels-dozens-more-grants-hitting-civics-arts-and-higher-ed/2025/09

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/

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2026/01/07/plato-censored-texas-am-carries-out-course-review

2026 February

2026-02-02 Texas A&M cut Women’s Studies due to policy on race and gender topics.

https://firstamendmentwatch.org/texas-am-university-to-end-womens-studies-due-to-new-policy-on-race-and-gender-topics/

https://msmagazine.com/2026/02/02/texas-a-m-women-gender-studies-degree-program-feminist-college-university/

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/academic-programs/2026/01/30/texas-am-closes-womens-and-gender-studies

https://www.kbtx.com/2026/01/30/texas-am-ends-womens-gender-studies-program-comply-with-system-policies/

2026 April

2026-04-28 Trump fired all 22 members of the National Science Board.

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5801465/national-science-board-trump-firing

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/28/trump-administration-fires-all-members-of-us-national-science-board

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/29/headlines/trump_administration_fires_all_members_of_the_national_science_board

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/trump-administration-fires-entire-board-of-uss-national-science-foundation-without-warning/4023353.article

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-administration-fires-entire-national-science-board-2026-04-28/

2026 August

2026-08-06 Project 2025 began its attack on cuts to Head Start.

2024 WARNING https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/how-project-2025-would-devastate-public-education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp-5MPxSJHY&list=WL&index=6

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025-would-eliminate-head-start-severely-restricting-access-to-child-care-in-rural-america/

https://www.kmbc.com/article/kc-area-head-start-programs-major-overhaul/73370717

https://www.kctv5.com/2026/08/06/advocates-proposed-head-start-changes-risk-teacher-layoffs-weakened-standards/

SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/politics/head-start-deregulation.html

2026-08-27 After a superintendent gave a politically loaded speech in Cobb County hundreds of teachers walked out in protest. Afterwards the school district forced teachers who didn’t align with the superintendent to explain why they walked out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Ctt6NEZXM&list=WL&index=1

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/08/27/nearly-200-teachers-being-questioned-after-walking-out-cobb-county-superintendents-speech/

FEB 13 2026 ARTICLE WHEN THAT SAME SUPERINTENDENT CLAIMED SCHOOLS ARE POLITICALLY NEUTRAL: https://eastcobbnews.com/cobb-superintendent-our-schools-are-politically-neutral/