On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, which fulfills yet another campaign promise.
“Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making,” the president declared. “In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the Federal Department of Education once and for all.”
“Everybody knows it’s right, and we have to get our children educated,” Trump continued. “We’re not doing well with the world of education in this country, and we haven’t for a long time.”
This order aims to return control of education to the individual states and communities, rather than being controlled on a federal level.
The White House explains that the move seeks to “turn over education to families instead of bureaucracies” and allows Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.”
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According to reports, the DOE has spent a whopping $3 trillion, with little to nothing to show for it. There has been no notable improvement in student achievement.