Betsy DeVos Calls for Abolishing the Department of Education

Betsy DeVos, former Secretary of Education under President Donald Trump, is calling for a historic move: shutting down the U.S. Department of Education. As Trump reportedly prepares to sign an executive order dismantling the agency, DeVos is making the case that American students would be better off without the bloated bureaucracy standing in the way of real learning.

In an op-ed published Thursday, DeVos acknowledged that closing a federal department may sound “radical,” but after spending four years inside the system, she concluded that the Education Department does more harm than good.

• Failing Students–The latest Nation’s Report Card shows that 70% of fourth-graders can’t read at grade level, while 60% are behind in math. Test scores continue to decline, and the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students is growing wider.

• A Bureaucracy, Not an Educator–Despite its name, the Department of Education doesn’t run a single school or set any curriculum. Instead, it shuffles money around, imposes leftist political agendas through grants, and bends the knee to teachers' unions.

• A Political Tool Under Biden–Under Biden, the agency has focused on student loan bailouts, radical Title IX reinterpretations favoring trans-identifying males, and botched attempts at simplifying financial aid that left families in limbo.

DeVos argues that rather than pumping taxpayer money into an ineffective bureaucracy, funding should be sent directly to states and schools as block grants, while student loans should be handled by financial institutions, not federal bureaucrats.

“No federal agency has ever been shut down before,” DeVos admitted. “But there must be a first for everything. On the merits, the Department of Education has earned such a historic distinction.”

With Trump ready to take action, the fight to restore power to parents and local communities may be closer than ever.

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