What Will the Future of Work Look Like Following Restructuring of the Department of Education?
Lynne Taylor, author, researchers, and educator also known as The Common Core Diva joins Dr. George to discuss the recent proposed restructuring of the Department of Education and how it will affect student debt, professional degrees and the future of the U.S. workforce.
PUBLISHED: December 13, 2025
Supporting Resources
- The recent press release from the US Dept of Ed on ‘myths’ about professional degrees:
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/myth-vs-fact-definition-of-professional-degrees
**ALSO see resource #5**
- Walberg’s recent interview on the ‘right sizing’ the US Dept of Education:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og07qxR6DAM (start at the beginning. it’s about 6 minutes)
- About that ‘right sizing’: it’s a shell game, as I predicted, warned and have raised the roof about!!
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-six-new-agency-partnerships-break-federal-bureaucracy - While there’s an image circulating that Trump 2.0’s administration has signed an Executive Order ‘reclassifying’ nursing as unprofessional, from what I can find that’s a false and misleading image.
- Here’s where some may have based that lie on:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nursing-professional-degree-excluded-list/ - Here’s more from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that will impact student debt/loans and impact degrees:
https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/big-updates - In plain English the number of professions that will fall under the OBBBA’s/US Dept of Edu.
- Trump 2.0’s EO on “Genesis Mission” has much BS & HH:
- a) https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/launching-the-genesis-mission/
- b) https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-unveils-the-genesis-missionto-accelerate-ai-for-scientific-discovery/(not the impact on education/work)
- Expect data center growth to go off the charts, as well as other dangers to our ecosystems:
https://uidp.org/3-minute-read-the-genesis-mission-a-new-federal-framework-for-ai-enabled-research-collaboration/
For the archives:
- All my articles/videos on ‘workforce widgets’:
https://www.commoncorediva.com/?s=Workforce+widgets - Genesis Mission from the US Dept of Energy’s perspective shows a global aspect:
https://genesis.energy.gov/ - New ways to track us all via the “Genesis Mission”:
https://www.ans.org/news/article-7583/white-house-to-consolidate-data-and-research-under-aidriven-genesis-mission/
About Lynne Taylor
Lynne Taylor has been the Common Core and National Standards in education warrior since 2009. She is a recognized speaker, author, researcher, and podcaster who brings truth with a smile and a jar of applesauce!
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