Education cuts: Top ten cartoons of the week
by Daryl Cagle
Donald Trump didn't hide the fact he wanted to shutter the Department of Education while on the campaign trail. Now that he's president, he's trying to follow through, though he'll ultimately need the help of Congress to kill the agency for good.
In the meanwhile, the Education Department announced it was slicing its workforce in half, and cuts could impact everything from student loans to Pell grants to programs like the Rural Education Achievement Program, which helps fun low-income schools in rural areas.
John Darkow's funny cartoon about an angry kid who thinks school has been canceled because the Education Department is being closed was our most-reprinted cartoon of the week. I also enjoyed Dave Whamond's cartoon, which used a March Madness bracket to predict with state would be the first to get rid of education entirely.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
#1. John Darkow
[cartoon id="293991"]
#2. Bruce Plante
[cartoon id="293976"]
#3. Dave Whamond
[cartoon id="294072"]
#4. Dave Whamond
[cartoon id="293951"]
#5. Dave Whamond
[cartoon id="294007"]
#6. Bill Day
[cartoon id="293990"]
#7. Rick McKee
[cartoon id="294082"]
#8. Dave Granlund
[cartoon id="293984"]
#9. Dick Wright
[cartoon id="294146"]
#10. Chris Weyant
[cartoon id="294087"]
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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com
In the meanwhile, the Education Department announced it was slicing its workforce in half, and cuts could impact everything from student loans to Pell grants to programs like the Rural Education Achievement Program, which helps fun low-income schools in rural areas.
John Darkow's funny cartoon about an angry kid who thinks school has been canceled because the Education Department is being closed was our most-reprinted cartoon of the week. I also enjoyed Dave Whamond's cartoon, which used a March Madness bracket to predict with state would be the first to get rid of education entirely.
Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:
#1. John Darkow
[cartoon id="293991"]
#2. Bruce Plante
[cartoon id="293976"]
#3. Dave Whamond
[cartoon id="294072"]
#4. Dave Whamond
[cartoon id="293951"]
#5. Dave Whamond
[cartoon id="294007"]
#6. Bill Day
[cartoon id="293990"]
#7. Rick McKee
[cartoon id="294082"]
#8. Dave Granlund
[cartoon id="293984"]
#9. Dick Wright
[cartoon id="294146"]
#10. Chris Weyant
[cartoon id="294087"]
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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of CagleCartoons.com, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 500 subscribing newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at DarylCagle.com and watch his video podcast about editorial cartoons at Caglecast.com