Trump's wrong (again): Abolishing the Education Department would be a disaster for schoolkids

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : In general, they, like Republicans, supported the emasculation of the national Every Student Succeeds Act.
61% : For example, health care, housing, Social Security, transportation, job safety and so on.
58% : The foundation of the policy would be adequate funding (equalized on the basis of state wealth) and accountability measures that tie the purse strings to national standards and tests and evidence-based best practices.
58% : Now, given the focus on the future of the USDOE, we should seize the moment to rethink and greatly strengthen the federal role in public education.
52% : Someday, courts will no longer be dominated by ultra-right judges, and could create momentum toward a long-overdue constitutional civil right to read and achieve state standards.
50% : Also, keep in mind that such a national education policy wouldn't differ much in principle from national policy in countless other fields.
48% : Recent history includes the bipartisan support (led by Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as governors and presidents) for higher national standards and greater national accountability, and the Obama administration's "Race to the Top," which conditioned more federal money on several reforms.
47% : States have fallen far short of assuring fundamental rights that are a floor, not ceiling, for national well-being.
46% : The opposition was expressed in the Every Student Succeeds Act that in 2016 rolled back already weak national standards and accountability measures.
35% : That is the question, deeply controversial, about public education in the wake of Donald Trump's election.
32% : The study emphasized that the terrible plight of public education was national in scope and impact.

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