{"id":2010816,"date":"2023-08-24T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-shut-down-dept-of-education-move-funding-to-parents-to-allow-school-choice\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T13:29:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:29:09","slug":"ramaswamy-shut-down-dept-of-education-move-funding-to-parents-to-allow-school-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-shut-down-dept-of-education-move-funding-to-parents-to-allow-school-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy: Close Education Dept, Fund Parents for School Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Framaswamy-shut-down-dept-of-education-move-funding-to-parents-to-allow-school-choice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010816&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tech Entrepreneur Calls for Education Reform<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a passionate \u2064plea during the 2024 Republican \u2063presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tech \u200centrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/vivek-ramaswamy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivek\u2063 Ramaswamy<\/a> advocated\u2062 for shutting \u2063down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/department-of-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of\u200d Education<\/a> and \u2064empowering parents with \u200cthe funding \u200dto choose\u2062 their children&#8217;s education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramaswamy argued that\u200b the $79 billion allocated to the Department of Education in fiscal\u200c year 2023 would \u2063be better utilized in the hands of\u200b parents, who should have the freedom to decide where their children receive their education. \u200cHe\u2064 also called for\u200b an end to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-backed-gop-reps-fall-in-primaries\/\" title=\"Teachers Union-Backed GOP Reps. Fall in Primaries\">local teachers unions<\/a>, which he believes hinder school choice and\u2064 charter school initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We have a\u200d crisis of achievement. Let\u2019s shut down the\u200c head of the snake, the Department of Education. Take that\u2062 $80 billion \u200dand put it in the hands of parents across this country. This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rand-paul-challenges-biden-transgender-sports-policy\/\" title=\"Sen. Rand Paul challenges Biden transgender sports policy\">civil rights issue<\/a> of our \u2062time,&#8221; Ramaswamy \u2062passionately stated. &#8220;Allow any parent to choose where they\u200c send their \u2063kids to\u2063 school.\u2062 End the teachers unions at\u2064 the local level to allow\u200c public schools to compete, and\u2062 then \u2063revive our national identity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">True \u201cprivilege\u201d \u200bis not \u200bbased \u200bon\u200c the\u200b color of your skin. It\u2019s being\u2062 raised in\u200d a stable family with two parents with a \u2064focus on education and \u200ca faith in God. That\u2019s the ultimate \u200d\u201cprivilege.\u201d As President, it\u2019ll be my job to make sure we \u200chelp\u2062 every kid\u2064 in this country be able to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1XFaFe6eao\">pic.twitter.com\/1XFaFe6eao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1694541273015668815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramaswamy also emphasized the importance \u2062of \u200beducation in shaping the future of\u2064 the \u200dnation. He proposed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-seuss-uncanceled-virginia-entrepreneur-passes-out-dr-seuss-books-to-kids\/\" title=\"Dr. Seuss Uncanceled: Virginia Entrepreneur Passes Out Dr. Seuss Books To Kids\">high school seniors<\/a> should be required to take the same civics test that immigrants must \u200bpass\u2062 to become citizens. He attributed the \u200cdecline in \u200cacademic performance, particularly in \u200dsubjects like math and \u200dreading, to the issue of fatherlessness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Part \u2063of the problem is we also have a\u2063 federal government that pays single women more not to have a man in the house than to have a man \u200bin the \u2064house, contributing to\u200d an epidemic of fatherlessness. I think that\u2064 goes \u200chand \u2063in\u2063 glove with \u2064the education crisis as\u2063 well because we have to remember:\u200b Education starts with the family; and, the nuclear\u2062 family\u200d is the \u200cgreatest\u2063 form of governance known \u2063to mankind,&#8221; Ramaswamy explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-shut-down-dept-of-education-move-funding-to-parents-to-allow-school-choice\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy: Close Education Dept, Fund Parents for School Choice\">candidates echoed similar sentiments<\/a> regarding education reform. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott\u200d also criticized teachers unions,\u200b stating that breaking their influence is necessary to improve education in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The only way\u2062 we can\u200d change education in this\u2063 country is to break\u2064 the backs of the teachers&#8217; unions. They are standing in\u200c the doorway\u200d of our kids, locking them into failing schools, locking them out of \u2062the greatest future they can have,&#8221; Scott asserted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TIM SCOTT says \u200b&#8221;the only way we change education in\u200b this \u2062nation is to BREAK \u200dTHE BACKS OF THE TEACHERS UNIONS&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Jzw8axHjD\">pic.twitter.com\/9Jzw8axHjD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Corey A. DeAngelis, school \u200cchoice \u2062evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeAngelisCorey\/status\/1694544388905464129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also weighed in on the issue, highlighting the need for education rather than indoctrination.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RON DESANTIS: \u2064&#8221;We need education\u2063 in this country, not indoctrination in this country.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PDNs167lh1\">pic.twitter.com\/PDNs167lh1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063Corey A.\u2063 DeAngelis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-five-democrats-hate-school-choice-unless-its-for-themselves\/\" title=\"These Five Democrats Hate School Choice \u2013 Unless It\u2019s for Themselves\">school choice evangelist<\/a> (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeAngelisCorey\/status\/1694540603948765611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200b24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The debate, \u2064held at the Fiserv Forum, featured eight Republican candidates.\u200c Notably absent was former President Donald Trump, who opted for\u2064 a one-on-one interview with Tucker Carlson just minutes\u2063 before the\u200c debate began.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy urged closing the Department of Education, transferring its funding to parents for greater educational choice. He expressed this view at the initial 2024 Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over $79 billion was assigned to the department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2010817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}