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Democrats, Republicans Debate Future of the Department of Education

Partisan debates over what’s to blame for declining academic performance preview the battles ahead over education reform.
Democrats, Republicans Debate Future of the Department of Education
President Donald Trump announces Johnny Taylor Jr. as the chairman of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Feb. 27, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Aaron Gifford
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In a House hearing on Feb. 5, Democrats accused Republicans of promoting divisiveness, inequity, and resegregation as part of a plan to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.

The debate at a hearing on the state of U.S. education came a day after President Donald Trump said he would work with Congress and teacher unions to close the department and let the states run schools.

Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.