This week was the result of this week in Chicago Shrink the mass of staff
On US Department of Education
All over the country.
Students, teachers and families are all worried about the effects.
CBS News met with Seventh Class Catz Zogbi this week with Dowan Syndrome, who studies at his local charter school in Baltimore, Maryland. She is able to do so because of speech and professional therapy in the classroom.
“It has benefited from living in a comprehensive classroom.”
Extra assistance is possible in the Department of Education through a $ 15 billion program. This amount also helps the poor students.
But concerns about funds are now increasing that staff in the agency has decreased by about 50 % – from 4,133 to 2,183.
“I think this is a very bad move,” said Albert Loorus, president of the Illinois Education Association. “I think the effects of all students are going to be quite dirty.”
Lorence said if the federal funding states are no longer available, these are the weakest students who will suffer.
“Students who have special needs, students who are high poverty, black and brown students,” said Lorenz, “Lorons said,” Without this extra money, all things and support are about to dry. “
At least 50 employees will no longer work in the Chicago office of the US Department of Education. These include those who leave for civil rights and the Federal Student Aid office.
The department is allegedly eliminating lease in several cities, including Chicago. The Department of Education is located in Chicago offices Klozinsky Federal Building
Which the federal government has said that it plans to sell.
President Trump said on Wednesday, “When we cut, we want to cut off, but we want to cut off people who are not working or are not doing anything good.” “We keep the best people.”
US Education Secretary Linda McMemon said in a statement on Tuesday: “Today’s lack of education is to ensure, accountability, and to ensure that resources are being directed where they are most important: students, parents and teachers, and a great step for education.
Mac Memon has said that the purpose is Get rid of the department fully.
“I am not seeing it as a reform or performance,” said the president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers’ Dean Montgomery. “This is complete destruction.”
Montgomery said he was listening to his “worries and fears” from his members.
On Thursday morning, at a large meeting of teachers in Rosmont, the department will be an important topic of deductions. Montgomery, with more than a thousand teachers and government JB Pratzkar, will be present to deal with federal deductions.
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