President Donald Trump fulfilled a key campaign promise when he signed an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education (ED), sending shockwaves throughout an entrenched bureaucracy that has been the face of American education for decades.
Though officially dissolving the ED can only be done through Congress, Democratic officials like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, teachers unions and several education groups have wasted no time in protesting Trump’s actions. Despite the outrage, experts say a full shuttering of the department would bring much-needed changes to a bloated education system that spends over $10,000 per pupil with very little to show for it. (RELATED: Trump Begins Process Of Redistributing Department Of Education’s Duties)
“America is on the precipice of radical education reform and change, where we are empowering parents, and we’re not empowering the bureaucrats…
