1.0First Focus on Childrenhttps://firstfocus.orgtjsmithhttps://firstfocus.org/author/tjsmith/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vAKRfpO5tr"><a href="https://firstfocus.org/update/alliance-for-student-liberty-the-new-push-to-abolish-the-department-of-education/">Alliance for Student Liberty: The new push to abolish the Department of Education</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://firstfocus.org/update/alliance-for-student-liberty-the-new-push-to-abolish-the-department-of-education/embed/#?secret=vAKRfpO5tr" width="600" height="338" title="“Alliance for Student Liberty: The new push to abolish the Department of Education” — First Focus on Children" data-secret="vAKRfpO5tr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://firstfocus.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DepartmentOfEducation.jpg600262Ever since it was established in 1979, opponents of the Department of Education have tried to abolish it. Supporters routinely brushed off this empty rhetoric and went about their business. But times have changed, and abolishing the Department of Education is now part of the official Republican platform. With the party’s platform and its presidential candidate both calling for the Department’s demise, it’s time to take these threats seriously and understand what losing the DOE would mean for schools across the country.