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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Chris Stigall: Trump Puts American Children First
Description: Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to shutter the Department of Education and hand control back to the states. Now—through his recent Executive Order—he’s taken a big step to gut this broken bureaucracy's scope and influence. Since it was created in 1979, we have only seen a decline in our educational outcomes. Data shows a 10 percent drop in reading and math for 17-year-olds since 1980. The department's mission was to help educate our kids, and that mission has failed. Worse, it’s morphed into a Department of Indoctrination. States can do far better wi...