It’s Time to Finish the Dismantling of the Education Department

Originally published by the Washington Examiner

The Department of Education has operated as a costly experiment in federal overreach for too long —expanding bureaucratic layers, weakening local control, and spending billions without improving academic outcomes.

The department was intended to ensure access to equal educational opportunity for all students, supplement educational efforts at the state level, and serve as a research organization to provide guidance and best practices to policymakers. Instead, it has created red tape, enforced radical ideologies through one-size-fits-all mandates, and drained critical resources from classrooms with bloated administrative processes and procedures.

It’s time for Education Secretary Linda McMahon to finish the job and dismantle what’s left of the U.S. Department of Education.

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