Trump’s new Department of Education Director Linda McMahon fired more than 1,300 bureaucrats, union workers, and administrators from the department.
In 2023 alone, the Department of Education’s budget was nearly $200 billion - which included $120 billion in COVID relief funds.
Meanwhile, despite spending more money per student than almost every other country in the world, our students are falling massively behind. Just last year, 40% of America’s 4th graders were below the basic reading proficiency level and around 30% of America’s 8th graders fell below the basic math proficiency level.
The DOE’s bloated, convoluted bureaucracy funnels money to hundreds of different organizations that put their own interests ahead of the interests of our students, causing our allies and enemies alike to soar ahead of America when it comes to educating students.
The Trump administration is working diligently to break up the Department of Education and return power back to the states and counties who know what their communities need most to effectively educate our students.
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