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Movement to Abolish the Education Department, Decades in the Making, Lives On

Movement to Abolish the Education Department, Decades in the Making, Lives On
The Department of Education building building in Washington on July 22, 2019. Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The very day that Congress confirmed Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education in early 2017, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced legislation that would dismantle the federal agency she was about to head.

“The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2018,” the one-sentence measure reads.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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