A majority of U.S. parents support “reducing the size and influence of the U.S. Department of Education,” according to polling released on Monday by Parents Defending Education (PDE).
PDE, which describes itself as a grassroots organization “working to reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas,” found that 52 percent of parents back scaling back the Department of Education. Forty-five percent oppose doing so, while three percent are unsure.
Republican parents (67 percent) and independent parents (53 percent) are more likely than Democrat parents (29 percent) to support reducing the size and influence of the department, the survey found.
By ethnicity, a majority of every group besides black parents (37 percent) supports scaling back the Department of Education.
The survey comes ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 and after he…
