Rosa DeLauro predicts 72,000 teachers will lose jobs to budget cuts

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) shared her grim forecast of the future of U.S. classrooms if the Department of Government Efficiency trims the Education Department budget. Since President Donald Trump named Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy the volunteer heads of the DOGE, the two have teased cuts to education. Ramaswamy campaigned on abolishing the department, but he has since bowed out of the commission. “You take education: You’re looking at denying people school lunches, you are taking the opportunity for a college education if you cut Pell Grants,...