Essential News

YES

NO

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

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Cold winters in Europe

At least Mini Ice Age

>10 Iconic species go extinct

Major crop types essentially wiped out

Fullblown Ice Age

YES

Abolish the department, converting all expenditures into grants to state departments of education and removing all federal control over how the money is spent.

Abolish the department, transferring everything it does to other parts of the federal government.

Abolish the department, converting all its expenditures into a federal voucher program, with the money going to whatever form of education the parents prefer, including a public school if they choose to send their child there.

Other

Remove the secretary from the cabinet, relabel things a bit, leaving the power and flow of money essentially the same.

Abolish the department and all its programs and expenditures.

Not broken by 2030

Quantum computational (Shor's algorithm or variant requiring quantum hardware)

AI / Classical mathematical breakthrough (runs on classical hardware)