President Trump to Eliminate the Dept of Education and Send Education Back to the States

Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making. In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all. The United States spends more money on education by far than any other country, but yet we rank near the bottom of the list in terms of success.

We both believe very much that education should be tailored to communities, that parents should have involve, that local superintendents are the ones working with our teachers. With full transparency of what education curriculum.

Should be, the department's useful functions, such as Pell grants, Title 1 funding resources for children with disabilities and special needs, will be preserved. We're going to be returning education very simply back to the States where it belongs. And we want to have our children well educated. We want them to love going to school.