Yes, just as he promised, President Trump is eliminating the Department of Education (DofE). Is this what the people want? Granted those who run the teacher’s unions are against the dismantling of the Department of Education, but where were they as the education stats were tanking?
According to the U.S. Government’s own statistics, the U.S. Government’s Annual Report card, 22% of ALL 8th grade students are COMPLETELY illiterate and …
1 in 3 eighth graders are functionally illiterate, according to the Nation’s Report Card. The worst 8th grade literacy rate EVER recorded.
Is this something the DofE should be proud of?
In 2022, only 26% of all 8 grade students scored Proficient or above in math.
Is this something the DofE should be proud of?
Since its establishment in the late 1970s, the Department of Education has spent more than $3 trillion. Yet according to a White House fact sheet, academic performance has stagnated. Despite a 245 percent increase in per-pupil spending, math and reading scores have declined, and U.S. students consistently rank behind peers in other developed nations.
Is this something the DofE should be proud of?
If the DofE were a business it would have been bankrupt a while ago. It’s failing our youth and deserves to be just an unpleasant memory!
3/24/25