US EditionTrump signs executive order aimed at dismantling U.S. Department of Education
- President Trump signed an Executive Order to significantly decrease the power of the U.S. Department of Education, which was created in 1980, with the goal of ensuring every child has access to a quality education.
- This action stems from concerns that the Department of Education has failed in its primary mission despite spending trillions of dollars, with student outcomes continuing to fall and American students lagging behind international peers in reading and computing ability.
- The EO aims to give states greater flexibility in using federal funds, empowering them to invest in areas like workforce readiness, technology, and literacy interventions tailored to their unique priorities.
- Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy celebrated the EO, stating, "I celebrate President Trumps EO to free states from the stranglehold of the U.S. Department of Education," during a press conference on Jan. 31, 2025, where he compared Alaska to Mississippi data regarding poverty, per-pupil spending, and reading scores.
- While proponents argue this move liberates education by decentralizing it and restoring control to states and parents, critics express concerns that it could increase disparity and discrimination, though the action does not change national education laws.
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Why the Education Department has to go - Washington Examiner
Over the past half-decade, millions of parents have learned the hard way that when ideologically driven, unresponsive officials control public schools, their children are the ones who suffer. As former President Joe Biden’s administration began flooding America’s schools with $1 billion for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs based on critical race theory, parents across the country were shocked to learn that educators were profiling their…
ROSENBERG: Abolishing the Department of Education Isn’t Radical — It’s Long Overdue – DV Journal
I was honored to stand in the White House recently as President Donald Trump signed an executive order to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. For some, that act sounds extreme — even dangerous. But for those of us who’ve watched the federal government fail generations of students, this was a long-overdue course correction. The time has come to return education to the people it actually serves — students, families, and local communities. St…
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Homer NewsFreeing states from the ‘stranglehold’ of the U.S. Department of Education
Peninsula Clarion Peninsula Clarion - The USDOE has also been captured by a political ideology that has been harmful to education in America. Opinion: Freeing states from the ‘stranglehold’ of the U.S. Department of Education Wire Service
LPSS Superintendent speaks on President Trump’s executive order to give states power over education
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) -- President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the US Department of Education would fulfill a campaign promise by him to give states more power for how education gets handled. “We have a dream and you know the dream is we're going to move the Department of Education. We're going to move education into the states so that the states and set of bureaucrats working in Washington so that the states can run educ…
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