{"id":380,"date":"2025-02-27T02:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T02:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2hourlearning.com\/?p=380"},"modified":"2025-03-28T20:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:32:43","slug":"dont-dismantle-the-department-of-education-just-yet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2hourlearning.com\/dont-dismantle-the-department-of-education-just-yet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t dismantle the Department of Education just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"380\" class=\"elementor elementor-380\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30eafd44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"30eafd44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bfbd1ff\" data-id=\"5bfbd1ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72dbd135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72dbd135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Donald Trump appears poised to make good on his campaign pledge to dismantle the Department of Education. The president-elect&#8217;s frustration with the wayward direction of federal education is understandable \u2014 and shared by millions of Americans. But shuttering the Department of Education won&#8217;t change that direction. So let&#8217;s make a promise to America&#8217;s kids first.<\/p>\n\n<p>The new administration ought to create a \u201cKids First\u201d education plan that empowers students, parents, and teachers \u2014 rather than administrators and bureaucrats \u2014 and prioritizes real-world academic achievement over the failed pedagogies of the past.<\/p>\n\n<p>When Jimmy Carter established the Education Department in 1979, U.S. schoolchildren were ranked first in the world for academic proficiency. Since then, we\u2019ve fallen to 24th place.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6eabe3 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b6eabe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/12\/12\/dont-dismantle-the-department-of-education-just-yet\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the full article here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump appears poised to make good on his campaign pledge to dismantle the Department of Education. The president-elect&#8217;s frustration with the wayward direction of federal education is understandable \u2014 and shared by millions of Americans. But shuttering the Department of Education won&#8217;t change that direction. So let&#8217;s make a promise to America&#8217;s kids first. The new administration ought to create a \u201cKids First\u201d education plan that empowers students, parents, and teachers \u2014 rather than administrators and bureaucrats \u2014 and prioritizes real-world academic achievement over the failed pedagogies of the past. When Jimmy Carter established the Education Department in 1979, U.S. schoolchildren were ranked first in the world for academic proficiency. Since then, we\u2019ve fallen to 24th place. 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