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Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance (www.propublica.org)

submitted 1 year ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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The Trump administration has terminated more than $900 million in Education Department contracts, taking away a key source of data on the quality and performance of the nation’s schools.

Its total annual budget is about $815 million, or roughly 1% of the Education Department’s overall budget of $82 billion this fiscal year. The $900 million in contracts the department is canceling includes multiyear agreements. What We’re Watching

The vast trove of data represents much of what we know about the state of America’s roughly 130,000 schools, and without a national repository of data and statistics, it will be harder for parents and educators to track schools or compare the achievement of students across states.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On a side note, Propublica stated this when you copy and paste:

During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny.

I have found them as one of the best sources. They do a lot of long form reporting as well. I'm not affiliated, just thankful there are a few left and want to let people know as they come through.

[–] barkingspiders 6 points 1 year ago

legit, been following them more closely for a couple years now and they seem to do solid investigative journalism, I wish they had the budget to do more, people should donate!

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Well yea, all the red states are fucking stupid as hell and this removes data on that. Conservatives love pretending problems aren’t there and acting like closes their eyes to them has fixed things.