President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Secretary of Education to take necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the States.
By Aniket Chakraborty
Mar 30, 2025
The Order mandates that any remaining Department of Education funds cannot be used for programs or activities that advance DEI or gender ideology.
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Since its creation in 1979, the Department of Education has spent over $3 trillion without improving student achievement as measured by standardized NAEP scores.
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Mathematics and reading scores in public schools have declined despite per-pupil spending increasing by more than 245% since the 1970s.
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The Department of Education burdens schools with regulations and paperwork, with Biden's Department adding rules that imposed nearly $3.9 billion in costs and over 4 million paperwork hours.
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Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Education reportedly spent more than $1 billion in grants focused on "entrenching radical ideologies in education."
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The Trump Administration recently canceled $226 million in grants under the Comprehensive Centers Program that allegedly forced "radical agendas" onto states.
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During his campaign, Trump promised to "close the Department of Education and move education back to the states where it belongs."
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President Trump has expressed support for universal school choice, wanting to empower parents to send children to public, private, charter, or faith-based schools of their choice.
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The Executive Order is presented as fulfilling Trump's vision of "returning power over education to families instead of bureaucracies."