The Department of Education was created in 1980 with the goal of boosting academic performance for students across the United States. Since its inception, the agency has overseen the allocation of roughly $3 trillion in federal funds. Despite this investment, national reading test scores have shown ...


The Department of Education was established in 1980 with the promise of improving education outcomes for America’s students. $3 trillion in taxpayer dollars later, national test scores in reading, ...