What Project 2025 says about education

August 13, 2024

Project 2025’s education agenda proposes a drastic overhaul of federal education policy, including recommendations like dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, eliminating the Head Start program for young children in poverty, and privatizing the federal student loan portfolio. Rachel M. Perera, Jon Valant, and Katharine Meyer assess the policy proposals.

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