Department Of Education Proceeds With Dismantling After Court Win

The U.S. Department of Education has taken further steps to dismantle itself since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of broad layoffs.

The department announced new appointees, who will support the Trump administration’s mission of returning education to the states.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon explained President Donald Trump was angry and embarrassed over the decline in the quality of education children are receiving.

Around 70% of eighth graders nationally are not proficient in reading and math, McMahon said. “We are doing something clearly wrong in the way we are educating our students.”

She explained Trump wants all children to have access to quality education by ultimately giving greater control over schools to states and parents.

“Let’s have parents be at the center of that because parents are with their children. They know what is best for their child, and they should have the choice to put their children in schools where they can flourish,” McMahon said. “No child should be a prisoner of a failing school.”

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday to allow Trump to move forward with dismantling the U.S. Department of Education with broad layoffs.

This would mean around 1,400 employees would be cut from the department, starting in August.

The Supreme Court’s ruling is temporary, since it granted an emergency application filed by the Trump administration to override a federal judge’s ruling that halted the mass layoffs. The case will continue to be argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit before going back to the high court for a full hearing.