The Department of Education began under Jimmy Carter in 1979.  For over 36 years the Department of Education has been destroying the lives of students. From middle school through college, schools are now institutions of education in name only. So little is learned in high school, there really no point in having compulsory attendance. A new government agency always begins a feeding frenzy to take advantage of new found government money.

One of the hardest things to do with government is to repeal laws and get rid of stifling government programs. Americans take great comfort in having an agency devoted to educating children. Generally that is all that is needed in order for citizens to support a government entity to eternity.

Trump has nominated a lady, Betsy DeVos to head the Department of Education. There is some concern that she may try to shut the agency down. Just on the remote chance this might actually occur, everyone should support her completely.

Were the Department of Education to close, shutting down special education programs around the country would be fairly easy. Little damages a child’s chances of accomplishing things in life more than being placed in a special education program.