BEAC Chair Cited in Recent Article from The Hill

BEAC Chair Patrick Rice, PH.D., was cited in a recent article from The Hill titled 'Black educators warn of what is lost if Education Department is shuttered' by Cheyanne M. Daniels.

Black educators are sounding the alarm as President Trump ramps up talk of eliminating the Department of Education. 

Trump, who has long called for the Education Department to be shut down, said in the Oval Office on Tuesday that he hopes Linda McMahon, his nominee for Education secretary, can “put herself out of a job.”

“We’re ranked very badly. And what I want to do is let the states run schools,” he said.

Reports that Trump is drafting an executive order to cripple the department began circulating a day earlier. According to The Wall Street Journal, the president is looking to begin with taking away programs not explicitly written into law and moving functions to different departments before calling on Congress to pass a law abolishing the federal agency completely.

But educators warn the loss of the federal agency will exacerbate racial disparities in schools across the nation, including in universities and colleges. 

“Since 2020, there have been some true coordination and attacks on public education as we know it, and I think our current administration is challenging what it means for us to provide a public education for all students,” Jalisa Evans, founder and CEO of the Black Educator Advocates Network, told The Hill. 

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