U.S President Trump signs an executive order to begin dismantling the us education department, fulfilling a campaign promise. The move faces legal challenges and congressional hurdles. Trump claims the department "does no good," while critics warn of risks to student aid. Education secretary Linda Mcmahon calls it "our department's final mission."
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00:00In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the Federal Department of Education.
00:07Just some of the governors here are so happy about this. They want education to come back.
00:12Before we begin, I just want to announce that I signed a proclamation a few moments ago
00:19honoring the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry's famous speech to the Second Virginia Convention
00:27in which he declared very well-known, very famous words,
00:31give me liberty or give me death.
00:33Has anyone heard the phrase? I think most of you have.
00:36Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making.
00:45In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the Federal Department of Education
00:52once and for all.
00:58After 45 years, the United States spends more money on education by far than any other country
01:07and spends likewise by far more money per pupil than any country, and it's not even close,
01:14but yet we rank near the bottom of the list in terms of success.
01:19It's an amazing stat. Those are two stats you don't want.
01:23The most money spent per pupil, and you're at the bottom of the list.
01:26And that's where we are, like it or not, and we've been there for a long time.
01:3070% of 8th graders are not proficient in either reading or in math, 70%.
01:3840% of 4th graders lack even basic reading skills, can't read.
01:43Students in our public elementary and middle schools score worse in reading today
01:48than when the department opened by a lot.
01:53In Baltimore, 40% of the high schools have zero students who can do basic mathematics,
01:59not even the very simplest of mathematics.
02:02I said, give me your definition of basic, and they're talking about like adding a few numbers together.
02:08Despite these breathtaking failures, the department's discretionary budget has exploded by 600%
02:16in a very short period of time and employs bureaucrats in buildings all over Washington, D.C.
02:22And as a former real estate person, I will tell you, I ride through the streets of Washington
02:27and it says Department of Education, Department of Education.
02:31I said, how do you fill those buildings? It's crazy what's happened over the years.
02:36But the department's useful functions, such as, and they're in charge of them,
02:42Pell Grants, Title I funding, resources for children with disabilities and special needs
02:47will be preserved, fully preserved. They're all going to be.
02:52So if you look at the Pell Grants, it's supposed to be a very good program,
02:55Title I funding and resources for children with special disabilities and special needs.
03:02They're going to be preserved in full and redistributed to various other agencies and departments
03:09that will take very good care of them.
03:11And that's very important to Linda, I know, and it's very important to all of us.
03:15But beyond these core necessities, my administration will take all lawful steps to shut down the department.
03:22We're going to shut it down and shut it down as quickly as possible.
03:25It's doing us no good. We want to return our students to the states
03:29where just some of the governors here are so happy about this.
03:33They want education to come back to them, to come back to the states,
03:37and they're going to do a phenomenal job.
03:39We're going to be returning education very simply back to the states where it belongs.
03:45And this is a very popular thing to do, but much more importantly, it's a common sense thing to do.
03:51And it's going to work. Absolutely, it's going to work.
03:54And I can tell you from dealing with the governors and others in the state, they want it so badly.
04:00They want to take their children back and really teach their children individually.
04:06Probably the cost will be half, and the education will be maybe many, many times better.
04:13I want to just make one little personal statement.
04:16Teachers, to me, are among the most important people in this country,
04:20and we're going to take care of our teachers.
04:22And I don't care if they're in the union or not in the union. That doesn't matter.
04:27But we're going to take care of our teachers,
04:29and I believe the states will take actually better care of them than they are taken care of right now.
04:37They'll work all sorts of systems, and even merit systems.
04:40Those great teachers are going to be maybe a little bit better rewarded,
04:44or maybe that's the way it should be, but the states are going to make that decision.
04:47But we're going to love and cherish our teachers along with our children,
04:51and they're going to work with the parents, and they're going to work with everybody else.
04:55And it's going to be an amazing thing to watch, and it's really going to be something special.
05:00Should I do this?
05:02Can I do it?
05:04Yeah, do it.
05:06Thanks.
05:16I was very lucky. I saw another document that turned out to be very good for the country,
05:21and I said, let's use that same pen.
05:23I don't know, is anybody superstitious? Rob, are you superstitious?
05:27Let's use that same pen.
05:42Okay.