Education for America

Undeniably, reading and math comprehension scores have gone down across the country. Parents can feel lost because they cannot assist their children with their homework as new techniques of long division are being taught to our children. Since before the outbreak in 2020, a strong argument can be made that students today lack critical social and life skills before graduating high school. Americans should be concerned about the education of our kids. Changes must be made.

Is eliminating the Department of Education (DOE) the answer? This proposed initiative was suggested well before President Trump took office. His executive order, signed a few days ago, cannot eliminate the department. That can only be done by Congress. People need to contact them. The belief is this would save the taxpayers money and give more control to the states. I will be the first one to advocate for eliminating wasteful spending and helping Americans with their taxes. This is not the way to do it.

States rely on that funding to ensure adequate resources for their students. Especially those with disabilities and other educational needs. In the same way, the Electoral College ensures equal footing for the states. The DOE ensures equal opportunity for all students. Students with disabilities have value to their peers. They need the opportunity to show it. After a certain age, you learn that some lessons cannot be taught from a textbook but by interactions with those around you. Supporting individuals with disabilities. Creates jobs and innovative technologies.

If students with intellectual and developmental disabilities are excluded from learning in the least restrictive environment then non-disabled students will be missing out on a vital part of the human experience. Education should never be a partisan issue all Americans should want the best for their children. If you believe, as I do, that prayer should be allowed back in schools, then why can’t someone pray alongside someone who has a disability? This is inclusion.

Matthew 18:20 NIV For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” 

All parents should have options for where their children go to school; however, there must be safeguards and basic standards to ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive beyond their circumstances. After all, America is a land of opportunity! The government should have limits, and that is the essence of the Constitution: to create a contract between the people and their government. A proper education promotes all parts of the preamble.

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”

Preamble to the US Constitution

There’s a difference between disagreeing with the curriculum a school board offers and completely dismantling the educational system. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Attend your school board meetings. Advocate for your kids. No student should be confined to the back of a building because a school board lacks the resources to provide them with a proper education. Eliminating the Department of Education shouldn’t be about saving money, rather Ensuring the future of America is the objective!