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Poll: Americans support eliminating Department of Education
A national poll shows 56% of registered voters back dismantling the U.S. Department of Education due to views of federal overreach and low student proficiency.
- Earlier this month, Every Kid Foundation's national poll found 56% of registered voters support dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, while 30% oppose it.
- Public sentiment centers on the Department of Education as "disconnected from classrooms and bureaucratic," with 87% of registered voters trusting parents to make education decisions.
- Acting to reassign functions, officials said earlier this month, the Trump administration announced six offices will transfer to HHS, Labor, Interior, and State, as McMahon called it a first step.
- Dismantling the agency has long been a top Trump priority, with U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon citing roughly 70% of eighth graders not proficient and saying `We are doing something clearly wrong in the way we are educating our students.`
- Advocates argue the shift will refocus education on students, families and schools and say when people learn they can keep every dollar, maintain every protection and still reduce bureaucracy, a majority supports transforming the Department of Education.
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Leaning Left0Leaning Right6Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution60% Right
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- 60% of the sources lean Right
60% Right
C 40%
R 60%
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