Or, in the immortal words of Ripley nearly 40 years ago, “Nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”
For even longer, conservatives have argued to close down the Department of Education, although the Wall Street Journal developed amnesia on that point this week. They have made two arguments: first, the federal government has no jurisdiction on education policy, and second, their intervention makes things worse.
Betsy DeVos, who served as the Secretary of Education in the first Trump administration, writes today at the Free Press to confirm the second argument. Despite over a trillion dollars in spending, mandates, and other interventions during that period, outcomes are getting worse rather than better. DeVos provides the data and calls the situation irretrievable:
Last week, the latest Nation’s Report Card came out, giving us a…
