Education cuts: Top ten cartoons of the week

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

Those two Lovebirds, Trump and Putin, take their bromance to new heights in 80 brilliant cartoons! Don’t miss the passion as these handsome dictators flirt and fling through the pens of our brilliant Cagle Cartoonists — on our 4K Caglecast! (Great cover image by Pat Bagley.)

#2. Bruce Plante

#3. Dave Whamond

#4. Dave Whamond

#5. Dave Whamond

#6. Bill Day

#7. Rick McKee

#8. Dave Granlund

#9. Dick Wright

#10. Chris Weyant