Trump’s Department of Education executive order: A good move for families and students

by Amanda Banks, Family Policy Alliance Foundation Sr. Vice PresidentPresident Donald Trump’s recent executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education has been attacked by many, but what does the move do for American families?The Department of Education, created in 1979, has overseen the allocation of billions of dollars in federal school funding, with more than $60 billion annually and an additional $200 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this massive spending, educati