President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has ignited debate among policymakers and educators. Advocates argue for decentralization to boost literacy rates, while critics fear the loss of federal funding, civil rights protections, and crucial educational data collection would harm students.Will dismantling Department of Education fix the plummeting literacy rates in the US?
President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has ignited debate among policymakers and educators. Advocates argue for decentralization to boost literacy rates, while critics fear the loss of federal funding, civil rights protections, and crucial educational data collection would harm students.