The Education Department's budget has ballooned from $14 billion to around $100 billion since its inception in 1980. Student achievement has not. American taxpayers and students have gotten zero return on their investment.

Functional illiteracy rates remain high and math scores remain low.
The Department of Education doesn't educate anyone or run any schools or colleges. It's a collection of 4,000 bureaucrats who mostly manage student loans, write rules, oversee various grant programs, and generate paperwork.

Governance, especially functions that were never mandated by the Constitution, is most effective at the state and local levels. We need to invest in our kids’ education. But we also need to make sure governance and funding is achieved effectively and efficiently. Congress and the current administration should act quickly to eliminate this costly and inefficient government bureaucracy.