Teachers Union Melts Down Over Supreme Court’s Greenlight for Trump’s Education Cuts

The nation’s largest teachers union is in full panic mode after the U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a critical victory, allowing his administration to proceed with massive cuts to the Department of Education and laying the groundwork for dismantling the agency altogether.

Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association (NEA), railed against the court’s 6–3 decision, calling Trump’s move “unlawful” and accusing him of taking a “wrecking ball to public schools.” But the ruling makes it clear: the president has every right to rein in federal bureaucracy and return education to where it belongs state and local communities.

“Today’s decision does not resolve the underlying merits of Trump’s unlawful plan to eliminate the Department of Education,” Pringle fumed in a statement. “We will continue to organize, advocate, and mobilize…”

Translation: The union intends to cling to its federal influence no matter how many voters reject it.

Here’s what happened:

• In March, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced the layoff of half the department’s workforce, acting on Trump’s executive order to begin shutting down the Department of Education.

• Two lawsuits followed one from a coalition of 20 Democrat-run states, another from the American Federation of Teachers.

• A federal judge initially blocked the layoffs, ordering the rehiring of 1,400 employees.

• On Monday, the Supreme Court reversed that decision, allowing the administration’s reduction in force to proceed while the legal fight continues.

This isn’t just about administrative staffing. It’s about who controls your child’s education bureaucrats in D.C. or parents and communities who actually know what’s best.

Education Secretary McMahon responded forcefully:

“While today’s ruling is a significant win for students and families, it is a shame that the highest court in the land had to step in to allow President Trump to advance the reforms Americans elected him to deliver.”

For years, the Department of Education has functioned more as a pipeline for left-wing ideology than a force for academic excellence. From pushing gender politics in classrooms to funding “anti-racism” teacher training with hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, the agency has strayed far from its original mission.

And despite its $80 billion annual budget, the Department doesn’t teach a single student it just shuffles funds and enforces federal mandates that strip local schools of autonomy.

President Trump’s plan is bold, but it’s rooted in common sense:

• Return education authority to the states

• Empower parents, not unelected federal administrators

• Slash wasteful spending and cut off the flow of money to union-backed political activism

Pringle and her NEA allies are terrified not because students will suffer, but because they’re losing their grip on the system.

This ruling is more than a bureaucratic victory it’s a sign that America is waking up. Public schools should serve families, not federal power.

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