PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump vowed to move the Department of Education “to the states” in his rally at Temple University’s Liacouras Center on Saturday.
This move would likely entail abolishing the Department of Education, which was created in 1979, to empower each state’s own department or agency that oversees public education.
“We’ll be able to cut [spending on] education in half and get much better education in some of the states,” Trump said. “We’ll have the best education anywhere in the world.”
However, he continued, “Some won’t do as well. There are a couple of states like, I would say, Gavin Newsom [and California] will not do well.”
Trump noted that the United States spends more “per pupil” than any other country, yet “we’re at the bottom of every list.” He asked, “What the hell do you have to lose?”
Such a change would be unprecedented, as no Cabinet department has…
