"After 45 years, the US spends more money on education by far than any other country and spends more by far per pupil ... yet we rank near the bottom of the list in terms of success," Trump said in a speech before signing the EO.

He has denounced the government body for being populated with "radicals, zealots and Marxists," and pledged as part of his campaign to remove these infiltrators, citing the harm they inflict on children.

Trump has directed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to "facilitate the closure [of] the Department of Education and return education authority to the States while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely," according to the White House.

The White House framed the department as useless and counterproductive, offering state management as a more effective strategy to improve educational outcomes.

"Since 1979, the US Department of Education has spent over $3 trillion with virtually nothing to show for it," the Trump administration declared in a Thursday statement, pointing out that despite a 245 percent increase in per-pupil spending since the department's founding, substantial majorities of public-school students are not meeting basic proficiency standards.

A whopping 70 percent of 4th- and 8th-graders are not proficient in reading, and 60 percent of 4th-graders and about 75 percent of 8th-graders are not proficient in math, according to the White House. Worse, 40 percent of 4th-graders fail to meet even basic reading levels.

On Thursday, Trump expressed hope that by returning education to the states, America's rank in educational outcomes will rise to match the highest in the world... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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