President Donald Trump announced plans to close the Department of Education on Thursday with an executive order, “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities.”
“Closing the Department of Education would provide children and their families the opportunity to escape a system that is failing them,” read Trump’s directive. “Today, American reading and math scores are near historical lows. This year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that 70% of 8th graders were below proficient in reading, and 72% were below proficient in math. The Federal education bureaucracy is not working.”
Many Republicans applauded and celebrated the president’s decision, who highlighted some of the responses in a release sent out late Thursday night.
“Virginia is ready to take full responsibility for K-12 education, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said in a released statement. “We…
