FedEd Budget Alert – Protect the Hearts & Minds of Our Kids!

Congress is fighting with the president over the federal budget, including for education  for the new fiscal year that starts on October 1st. There is likely to be a temporary bill called a continuing resolution. Congress in this election seems to be listening to education concerns of parents and freedom organizations around the nation. We have an opportunity to support some important cuts for the US Department of Education as a whole and the Institute of Education Sciences that oversees the data collection, research, and social emotional learning (SEL). The details are in Dr. Effrem’s full article at Truth in American Education. (Thanks Shane Vander Hart for posting!)

Here is what you can do right now:

1) Please contact the following:

• Speaker Paul Ryan at 202-225-0600
• Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at 202-224-2541
• House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers at 202-225-4601
• Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran at 202-224-5054
• Your own U.S. House member or use the House Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121
• Your two US senators or use the Senate Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121

Thank them for being willing to decrease the education budget overall and for their great work to protect privacy by cutting the IES budget. Tell them that you support the House position on these items.

2) Send them this compilation of major research studies showing the failure of government preschool programs and this compilation of quotes showing the subjectivity and dangers of SEL. Respectfully tell them that with $19 trillion in debt, we should not be spending $430 million more on failed preschool programs. Nor should the federal government be spending any of our hard-earned tax dollars to mold and monitor the thoughts and emotions of our children. Tell them that you want to see real and significant cuts in early childhood spending and that you support the Senate cuts for School Improvement Programs that teach and assess SEL.

3)  Be encouraged that all of our work together is making some progress.