For decades, the Department of Education has had the only real function that focused money in teacher union pockets, funded radical leftist social experiments at universities, and ensured that American children could barely graduate from basic mathematics. Now, President Trump is finally doing what was supposed to have been done a long time ago and is closing it down.
Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to close the department as soon as it becomes feasible, with Congressional consent. This step is necessary to address the continued collapse of American education and the decline of our international status.
Trump's plan to dismantle the education sector is not just a healthy policy, but is essential to saving the next generation of Americans.
Standardized test scores have plummeted not only for years but for decades. The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress The results show that mathematics and reading scores for US students have been plummeting since 2020. In cities like Chicago and Baltimore, nearly 80% of students are not proficient in their core subjects.
Many students leave school and cannot read basic arithmetic, but can recite pronouns and explain why America is considered systematically racist. For many years, the Ministry of Education has prioritized ideology over academics. Shutting it down is the first step towards real reform.
Teachers' unions are losing a lot
The Department of Education manages billions of taxpayers – $80 billion in 2024 alone – But instead of improving literacy and ensuring that schools hire competent teachers, they pour money into DEI programs, bloated bureaucracy and unnecessary managers.
The people who make decisions at this institution are not educators. They are political activists. Rural and urban schools suffer from crumbling infrastructure and basic supplies shortages, but the department prioritizes funding for transgender bathroom policies and “anti-racist” curriculum duties.
The real beneficiaries of this system are teacher unions. These unions fought to collect billions of dollars in dues, prevent bad teachers from being fired, and keep their leaders closed during COVID on vacation. The Ministry of Education exists to protect and enrich these unions rather than serve students.
When Democrats argue that abolishing the DOE “does harm students,” they really mean hurting the donations of their campaigns. The education system serves as a financial pipeline between governments and unions. The government will fund the DOE, which will direct the money to trade unions, and the unions will cut it before they can focus on democratic political campaigns.
The numbers are clear – Campaign Finance Report revealed Politicians like Rep. Nancy Pelosi (R-Calif), former Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif), and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) take rakes at Union Cash, defending the middle class. In reality, they are enabling the destruction of the American education system.
The left is panicking Trump's move as he prioritizes control over education rather than student happiness. If they were concerned about their children, they wouldn't have allowed generations to graduate functionally illiterate. They did not fight to keep students trapped in a failed school, blocking any attempt at school choice. Their goal is to produce a generation smart enough to maintain control, keep flowing through taxpayer dollars, and pass standardized tests, but not smart enough to question the system.
Disability generation
Standardized tests are another disaster created by the Ministry of Education. American schools no longer focus on actual education. They train students to reflux the test answers. The federal obligations are to give teachers a “Tell the test” Instead of instructing students with critical thinking, history or real-life skills. The school doesn't care if students understand the materials or not. Federal funding.
result? Without writing consistent paragraphs or balancing the checkbook, a generation of students graduates, but they know how to fill in the right bubble with a multi-choice exam. The decline in American education rankings reflects this failure. Other countries teach coding and computer skills, but our school focuses on test performance and gender identity lessons.
Trump's plan to dismantle the DOE is not just a healthy policy, but is essential to saving the next generation of Americans. The federal government has repeatedly demonstrated that it cannot improve public schools. For over 40 years, we have not been able to produce better results. The only solution is to bring education management back to the state and community. There, parents have their voices and schools take responsibility for people, not the Washington bureaucrats.
Democrats will argue that the move will spell out the “end of public schools.”Billionaire's tax cut payment. ” Nonsense teaches the majority of DOE, ensures school performance, and strengthens teacher adaptation.
The road to success
Children in America deserve an education school system rather than ideology. They need teachers who are hired for their abilities, not for their union connections. Parents should have more influence on their child's education than distant bureaucrats and union bosses. Schools need to equip students for success. You need to get a degree that is unprepared, dependent, and in debt for your students and does not provide actual career prospects.
The Department of Education had decades to prove its value – and it only succeeded by wasting billions of dollars. Shutting it down is the right move. Politicians defending this bloated bureaucracy are not protecting the future of children. They protect their financial interests.
