Please take 2 minutes today to ask Members of Congress to protect access to education. 

On March 20, 2025, the president signed an Executive Order to dismantle and/or eliminate the Department of Education. This builds upon the previous firing of about 50 percent of the Department’s staff, and various attempts by the administration and Congress to either freeze or cut funding for critical education programs across the continuum. All these developments raise serious concerns about the impact on our nation’s schools, universities, students, educators, and families. 

As psychologists, you understand the connections between education and the behavioral health and wellness of both individuals and communities. It sits squarely within the population health approach to treatment that our field so deeply values. Data show that increased access to education improves standards of living, health outcomes, and makes communities safer. Psychologists must speak out against threats to education, which would harm communities you work with and live in, set back decades worth of scholarship, and substantially limit the ability to educate and train a future behavioral health workforce. 

Collectively, we must urge Congress now to continue investing in our nation’s future by supporting essential education programs. We must also encourage Congress to perform its Constitutional duty and conduct the necessary oversight to ensure that the administration is adhering to the law.

Now is the time to act. Please join us in these critical efforts. 

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