Neal McCluskey

Grounding education in choice, not government schooling, is not a new idea. It certainly goes farther back than the 1950s. Indeed, as Fighting for the Freedom to Learn explains, it is older than public schooling itself.

As I have explained for decades, the department is unconstitutional, unhelpful, and needs to go.

The hysteria surrounding recent changes notwithstanding, the president’s recent actions merely move functions out of the Education Department and into other agencies.

The Department of Education must end. The Trump administration has taken small steps in right direction, but more is needed. 

The more freedom individuals have to choose what they think is right, the less conflict we will have and the greater possibility for finding mutually satisfactory solutions.

But the federal government is not a private lender risking its own money. It is risking yours, and should not delay in getting you repaid.

While federal intrusion has increased over the decades, standardized tests reveal that public school performance remains mediocre.

Basically, federal student aid fuels tuition inflation, credential inflation, and fraud. It is also unconstitutional … and time for it to end. 

With national attention on ending the department waning and developments around the effort proliferating, it is easy to lose track of what is happening. I have written occasional updates on the status of department elimination, but it seems like the topic could use regular status reports. 

A federal judge has ordered Texas to allow Islamic schools to apply to participate in TEFA and extended the family application deadline from what had been today at noon to March 31.