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Parent Activists Launch Campaign to Abolish the U.S. Department of Education

February 4, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Sheri Few, Karen Lamoreaux, Karen Bracken, Alice Linahan, Tamara Scott, Theresa Hubbard, Jan Lenox, Deb Yoa, and Sandy Torosian, names that are familiar to many of our readers, are the leadership behind a group called USPIE which stands for U.S. Parents Involved in Education launched a new campaign to abolish the U.S. Department of Education.

They held a press conference in Des Moines, IA and I’m ashamed to admit I missed the press conference because I was busy with Iowa Caucus coverage.

Fortunately they offer a video excerpt of that press conference:

USPIE’s mission statement reads:

United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nationwide coalition of state leaders focused on restoring local control of education by eradicating federal intrusion.

State leaders from around the country who are fed up with being ignored when it comes to education policy have joined forces to abolish the US Education Department and put an end to manipulation of state officials with federal funds and policy mandates. USPIE will bring the issue of unconstitutional federal intrusion in education to the forefront of public discourse and endeavor to inform Americans about the need to get the federal government out of the education business, and return education to its proper local roots.

“We have come to the conclusion that it is time for us to quit spinning our wheels in our states, and not gaining the kind of achievements that we’re looking for,” Sheri Few, the co-director of the group who served as founder and president of South Carolina Parents Involved in Education (SCPIE). “We’ve decided that it’s time to put an end to the U.S. Department of Education and end all federal mandates on education. That is why today we’re unveiling our campaign ‘Stop Fed Ed,’ and we’re asking you to join the movement.”

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Alice Linahan, Deb Yoa, Jan Lenox, Karen Bracken, Karen Lamoreaux, Sandy Torosian, Sheri Few, Tamara Scott, Theresa Hubbard, U.S. Department of Education, USPIE

Comments

  1. rolldogs says

    February 5, 2016 at 12:05 pm

    Vote TedCruz.org He will abolish it!

  2. kathryn30223 says

    February 10, 2016 at 4:19 pm

    It is absolutely past time for this!!

  3. Janice Panichelli says

    February 11, 2016 at 9:37 am

    The Federal Government has no business in Education, or any other part of our life with the exception of Foreign Affairs and War ( and that does not mean there own declared war with our own Citizens). If any one can get it done, It is the Mothers, The Government still can’t understand the power of a Mother protecting her child.
    We all have to Make our STATE Governments understand they are the power , We the Citizen of the United States control our States and the States control the Government.

  4. Cindy Bair says

    February 11, 2016 at 10:55 am

    I went to uspie.org to sign up but where it would not open the link to sign up where it says to. Just thought I’d better let you know. You may be losing the opportunity for signatures.

    • chascherrie says

      February 11, 2016 at 11:30 am

      Thank you for letting Truth in American Education (TAE) know you were not able to sign up on USPIE’s website. We are unable to address your concern as the USPIE’s website is separate from TAE. I encourage you to notify USPIE.

  5. Sheri Few says

    February 22, 2016 at 12:59 pm

    There is a red button near the top that says, “Stop Fed Ed Join the Movement”. Click the button to sign up at uspie.org. Thank you for your support and interest in ending federal intrusion in education!

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