Kevin Welner

Nov 29, 2024 | msn.com | Kevin Welner

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Nov 29, 2024 | thefulcrum.us | Kevin Welner

As an education policy researcher who has studied the federal role in addressing student-equity issues, I see the path to shuttering the department as filled with political and practical obstacles. Republicans may therefore opt to instead pursue a series of proposals they see as more feasible and impactful, while still furthering their bigger-picture education agenda.

Nov 26, 2024 | talkingpointsmemo.com | Kevin Welner

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. In her role as former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon oversaw an enterprise that popularized the “takedown” for millions of wrestling fans. But as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, the Trump loyalist may be tasked with taking down the very department Trump has asked her to lead.

Nov 25, 2024 | columbiamissourian.com | Kevin Welner

If Trump does dismantle the Department of Education as he has promised to do, he will have succeeded at something that President Ronald Reagan vowed to do in 1980. Just like Trump, Reagan campaigned on abolishing the department, which at the time was only a year old. Since then, the Republican Party platform has repeatedly called for eliminating the Education Department, which oversees a range of programs and initiatives.

Nov 23, 2024 | tucsonsentinel.com | Kevin Welner

University of Colorado Boulder/The Conversation In her role as former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon oversaw an enterprise that popularized the “takedown” for millions of wrestling fans.