President Donald Trump has targeted the US Department of Education for elimination with a new executive order, and he is right to do so. The department should never have been created. There has never been a need for it, and constitutionally, education is reserved to the people and states. As it should be: Education is about nothing less than the formation of millions of unique individuals, and control should be as close to each one as possible, not lodged in some distant bureaucracy.

 

The US Department of Education: End the Mistake

Cato Commentary

The Trump administration is targeting the department, but the battle plans need to be filled in.

APRIL 14, 2025 • COMMENTARY

By Neal McCluskey