We'd never heard of the National Parents Union, but they describe themselves as "a network of parent organizations and activists putting children and families at the center of politics and policy." And they're not at all happy about President Donald Trump and DOGE's "reckless and cruel" plan to gut the Department of Education. Heck, the plan is to eliminate it.
And what source does the National Parents Union cite? Rolling Stone, which rightfully should have been sued out of existence by now.
Trump's plan to gut the Department of Education is reckless and cruel. Parents won't stand by while our kids' futures are on the line.
— National Parents Union (@NationalParents) March 19, 2025
Read more via @RollingStone: https://t.co/zcJjRcoIoO
OK, Rolling Stone reports that "gutting the Department of Education is as cruel as it is stupid":
“In a time when we know the gaps are getting wider and not closing, at a time when our students need us more, we have an administration that is letting Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies raid the Department of Education and take away those much-needed funding from our kids so they can find tax cuts for billionaires,” Rebecca Pringle, president of the National Education Association, said last week during a virtual press conference with prominent education advocates and lawmakers hosted by The Education Trust.
That seems to be the accepted talking point — the world's richest man is dismantling the Department of Education so he can further enrich himself.
The department of education has done more to damage the future of kids than anything. It’s failed and needs to go.
— AmErican (@Flipper628) March 22, 2025
Actually literally one of the top three reasons I voted for him.
— Huff (@Huff4Congress) March 22, 2025
Rolling Stone?
— Uberminch (@uberminch) March 22, 2025
The famous parenting magazine?
Nope. What's cruel is the teachers' unions and the DoE has done to education in the name of helping children. It's truly vile and cynical. Parents and US citizens generally want it gone. https://t.co/QkRNFHHQau pic.twitter.com/YDEM15ayp9
— Adyana (@adyanalistens) March 22, 2025
What is cruel about block granting education money to the states? Be exceedingly specific.
— Lady Hecate (@hecate40) March 22, 2025
Parents literally voted for this.
— Michele (@michele349) March 22, 2025
School choice evangelist Corey DeAngelis set the National Parents Union straight:
Trump won the parent vote by 9 points.
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) March 22, 2025
Change your name.
Their president and her husband made $516,097 in 2023 working for the same organization. pic.twitter.com/dYWw9xgjvq
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) March 22, 2025
You can bet on that income that they send their kids to private schools.
It seems the quickest way to make it rich, aside from being elected to Congress, is to start a "nonprofit," and the money just starts rolling in. "National Parents Union."
“Union” says it all. 🤦🏼♀️
— Lisa (@Limare64) March 22, 2025
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