The Department of Education minister, Linda McMahon, was directed by President Donald Trump to begin dismantling the White House on Thursday afternoon.
A crowded East Room filled with students, teachers, parents, schooling advocates, governors from across the country, who had hoped that the federal bureaucrats would stop dictating learning regulations and saving without regard for the specific needs of states and localities, hosted the signing. McMahon was present as well.
Trump said,” We’re going to reduce it, and everyone knows it’s right, and the Democrats know it’s right, and I hope they’re going to get voting for it, because unfortunately it does appear before them.” Everyone is aware that it’s appropriate for us to educate our children. We haven’t had a good education system in this country in a while; we’re not doing so.
Trump continued,” We’re pleased to be joined immediately by the female I chose because she’s an extraordinary man, and finally she may be our last Secretary of Education.”
President Donald Trump and Linda McMahon, Linda McMahon, Education Secretary
Credit: The Federalist, Breccan F. Thies
Without denying Americans the “benefits, programs, and benefits” they rely on, the order directs McMahon to get” all essential steps to help the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the States and regional communities”” to the maximum extent acceptable.”
Cuttings to the office won’t have an impact on issues like student loans, legal rights protection, or Pell Grants, as the Trump administration has made clear on many occasions and as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reiterated on Thursday in a demo of the occasion in front of the West Wing. Instead, Leavitt said,” the great responsibility of education, educating our nation’s students, will return to the states,” while adding that the department’s size and scale will be “greatly reduced.”
The department announced it would be cutting staff by about 50 %, but the department received the order just over a week later.
The Department of Education’s demise is a “need and welcome development for those who have long demanded its dissolution,” according to today’s executive order, which begins the process. According to Sarah Parshall Perry, vice president and legal fellow at Parents Defending Education ( PDE ), these are the first steps in the direction of reforming the country’s educational system, which should have always been a state and local issue. We are looking forward to carrying out our goal of empowering parents and students in values-neutral, radical educational settings, which will undoubtedly restore America’s reputation as one of the best in the world.
The White House claimed in a press release on Thursday that the department had “practically nothing to show for it” having spent more than$ 3 trillion since 1979. There was “virtually no measurable improvement in student achievement,” according to the release, which increased “per-pupil spending” by more than 245 % over the same period of time.
In the press release, the White House made reference to additional statistics indicating poor national educational outcomes, including math data that ranks the United States among the 37 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development nations. The press release also draws attention to data showing that “math and reading scores for 13-year-olds are the lowest “in decades” and that close to 75 % of fourth graders and close to 75 % of eighth graders are” not proficient” in math. Standardized test scores, on the other hand, have stagnated” for decades.”
The Trump administration seems to be making the case that the department has been a significant detriment to American education since its inception with the decision to dismantle it but keep its essential functions in place. In the upcoming months and years, Congress will have to decide whether to keep the department operational or have it permanently shut down.
It’s unclear if any likely challenge to the action will be brought up because of the recent spate of activist low-court judges trying to thwart the Trump administration.
” Per pupil spending has skyrocketed over the past 45 years while achievement has decreased,” according to the numbers. The status quo has clearly failed American children and has done little more than support the interests of bureaucrats and activists, according to Nicole Neily, the PDE founder and resident. Because we cannot continue to support a failing system, it’s past time for a radical rethink of how education is administered in this country.
Breccan F. Thies covers The Federalist’s elections correspondent. He previously covered issues of culture and education for Breitbart News and the Washington Examiner. He is a Publius Fellow at the 2022 Claremont Institute and holds a degree from the University of Virginia. You can follow him on Twitter at X: @BreccanFThies.
