Education is one of the most important things we do as a country, but it only works when it’s directed by parents, local communities, and states — not by the federal bureaucracy in Washington, D.C.
President Donald Trump is taking bold action to turn education back to where it belongs: with the people and the representatives closest to them.
The Department of Education isn’t in the Constitution. In fact, it’s a few years younger than the Rubik’s Cube. But over its 45-year existence, education in America has not gotten better. The National Assessment of Educational Progress shows stagnation in reading and math performance by students overall since 1986. We can, and must, do better.
People clearly want their government to run more like a business, where results are everything. I built a business for 37 years, and if a department wasn’t getting results, it was…
