We’ve been saying this since Jimmy Carter created the federal Dept. of Education, back in 1979. President Donald Trump is saying it now. He wants the department “closed immediately” because “It’s a big con job” (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/12/trump-calls-department-education-closed-immediately/).
Trump cited the international rankings of 40 countries on the list. The United States ranks No. 1 in per pupil cost… and 40th in general quality. Dead last. We pay the most and get the least.
Thank you, teachers’ unions.
“What I want to do is let the states run the schools,” Trump said.
Here at Chalcedon we’ve advocated for homeschooling and religious private schooling for some 60 years. The figures have always supported our position. When R.J. Rushdoony first spoke out for homeschooling, it was almost unheard-of: everyone was sending their children to the public schools.
We are happy to be able to say that that has changed. Not near enough, yet–but enough so you’d notice.