Musk OUT

TOP said:
Are you not aware of the changes taking place in the Department of Education? I'm not sure anything is set in stone (concrete) yet, but changes are happening...
That is excellent news for teachers, schools, parents... but most importantly, students...
Specifics are listed...
Here's some: IES Contracts Reported as Cancelled by DOGE
The following is a list of U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences contracts that the Department of Government Efficiency has reported as cancelled as of March 5, 2025. EdWeek Market Brief cross checked each of these against pre-existing IES data, but was unable to independently confirm the contract value and savings reported by DOGE.
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Contractor Descriptions Provided by IES Contract Total Value (DOGE) Savings Claimed by DOGE Date Cancellation Uploaded by DOGE
WESTAT, INC. The Design and Conduct of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2022-23 provides important information on children's early learning and development, preschool/early care and education experiences, transition into kindergarten, and progress through the elementary grades, building upon knowledge acquired from the previous Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies. $57,549,829 $13,581,831 2/11/2025
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES This contract is for An Impact Evaluation of Training in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Reading in Early Elementary School (MTSS-R) $54,525,960 $15,838,568 2/11/2025
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS 2020). The NPSAS 2020 contract is designed to fulfill a requirement to conduct a series of studies, based largely on administrative data collections and some student interviews, to comply with the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. These studies are designed to describe (1) how students and their families finance postsecondary education and (2) students' persistence, attainment, and workforce outcomes. $48,496,941 $6,391,935 2/11/2025
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE The High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 2020 (HS&B:20) is a large, complex data collection used to follow and study high school students throughout their high school careers. $44,251,035 $5,387,003 2/11/2025
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES This contract is to design and evaluate the effectiveness of transition supports for youth with disabilities served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). $43,357,636 $38,468,659 2/11/2025
WESTAT, INC. First International Studies Consolidated National Contract (Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Progress in International Reading Study (PIRLS), and Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)). PIRLS is an international assessment that focuses on the reading knowledge and skills of fourth-graders. PISA is an international assessment of 15-year-old students' reading, mathematics, and science literacy, as well as, occasionally, other subjects (e.g., financial literacy; collaborative problem solving). PIAAC is an international household study, which in cycle 1 (2011-2017) measured adults' basic skills in literacy, numeracy, literacy components, and problem-solving in technology-rich environments. This National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) contract provides services that will be part of the larger international program that NCES has participated in through collaboration with a variety of international organizations and partners, such as but not limited to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), ministries of education and other government agencies, and non-governmental organizations, as well as statistical and research institutes throughout the world. $42,575,147 $4,733,320 2/11/2025
I could have used some of that money, for sure...;)

DATA SOURCES: DOGE website, IES contract data, and EdWeek Market Brief reporting
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Breaking things: the list goes on without so much as a glance at what they're breaking; just a name is enough.

Making things:
 
martin said:
Breaking things: the list goes on without so much as a glance at what they're breaking; just a name is enough.

Making things:
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A lot of what you say is correct but Musk and team are bringing to light billions of dollars of wasted spending. I cannot understand anyone's reluctance to support his efforts.
You want to make an omelet.............
 
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And these are the “accomplishments?”

* Cancelling funding for “information on children's early learning and development, preschool/early care and education experiences, transition into kindergarten”

* Studies on “Training in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Reading in Early Elementary”

* “Studies designed to describe (1) how students and their families finance postsecondary education and (2) students' persistence, attainment, and workforce outcomes“

* ”Evaluation of the effectiveness of transition supports for youth with disabilities”

You might make a case for the last one listed,WESTAT, INC.

But more importantly, as is usual with all of Musk’s “accomplishments,” “Ed Week cross checked each of these against pre-existing IES data, but was unable to independently confirm the contract value and savings reported by DOGE.”

So what else you got?
 
Lionfish said:
A lot of what you say is correct but Musk and team are bringing to light billions of dollars of wasted spending. I cannot understand anyone's reluctance to support his efforts.
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I can. This waste was kickback money feeding Democrat agendas. Now they are losing it, and squealing like a stuck pig.
Lionfish said:
You want to make an omelet.............
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The Democrats are already broken.
 
Lionfish said:
A lot of what you say is correct but Musk and team are bringing to light billions of dollars of wasted spending. I cannot understand anyone's reluctance to support his efforts.
You want to make an omelet.............
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No they are not, lot of photo ops, and boasting, but in the end, little that can be actually verified. And in the meantime, he is installing chaos in the Government

No one disagrees that reform is needed, always needed, but indiscriminately just cutting things with no real purpose of design isn’t moving forward, only backwards
 
archives said:
And these are the “accomplishments?”

* Cancelling funding for “information on children's early learning and development, preschool/early care and education experiences, transition into kindergarten”

* Studies on “Training in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Reading in Early Elementary”

* “Studies designed to describe (1) how students and their families finance postsecondary education and (2) students' persistence, attainment, and workforce outcomes“

* ”Evaluation of the effectiveness of transition supports for youth with disabilities”

You might make a case for the last one listed,WESTAT, INC.

But more importantly, as is usual with all of Musk’s “accomplishments,” “Ed Week cross checked each of these against pre-existing IES data, but was unable to independently confirm the contract value and savings reported by DOGE.”

So what else you got?
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You said you wanted examples and I said that nothing was concrete.Yet that things were in the process of being revised and revamped which is absolutely necessary... But I gave you some examples... The biggest accomplishment is that things are going to change... And
I am absolutely thrilled... As are so many other deserving teachers... Teachers are there To teach
The kids
.. Not satisfy The needs of some random adults in Washington... I do wish people would Acknowledge that...
 
archives said:
And these are the “accomplishments?”
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Yes, anchovies.
archives said:
* Cancelling funding for “information on children's early learning and development, preschool/early care and education experiences, transition into kindergarten”
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Yes, anchovies.
archives said:
* Studies on “Training in Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Reading in Early Elementary”
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Canceling this? Yes, anchovies.
archives said:
* “Studies designed to describe (1) how students and their families finance postsecondary education and (2) students' persistence, attainment, and workforce outcomes“
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Canceling this? Yes, anchovies.
archives said:
* ”Evaluation of the effectiveness of transition supports for youth with disabilities”
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Canceling th is? Yes, anchovies.
archives said:
You might make a case for the last one listed,WESTAT, INC.
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That's an accomplishment too, anchovies.
archives said:
But more importantly, as is usual with all of Musk’s “accomplishments,” “Ed Week cross checked each of these against pre-existing IES data, but was unable to independently confirm the contract value and savings reported by DOGE.”
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Elon Musk didn't cancel any contracts or fire any people, anchovies.
archives said:
So what else you got?
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Let's just be generic:

* Auditing and identifying waste and corruption in USAid, resulting in most of that dept getting shut down.
* Auditing and identifying waste and corruption in SSA, resulting in a cleanup of SSA and removing unnecessary or corrupt employees.
* Auditing and identifying waste and corruption in the Dept of Education, resulting in most of that dept getting shut down.

Shall I go one?
 
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