Saying Goodbye to the U.S. Department of Education
The United States federal government will soon abdicate its role in ensuring that all young Americans are academically prepared to be successful in their lives.
Of course, we all saw this coming from Trump’s first term in office, where his Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos (member of the 88th-richest family in America with an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion), did everything within her power to reduce our public educational system to rubble, in favor of charter, private, and religious schools.
From the department’s website (soon to vanish):
What Is the U.S. Department of Education?
The U.S. Department of Education is the agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers and coordinates most federal assistance to education. It assists the president in executing his education policies for the nation and in implementing laws enacted by Congress.
This raises an interesting question: What are Trump’s education policies for the nation?
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