Dismantling Washington’s Education Department Will Not Stop the Indoctrination of Students

Students pick up textbooks at a high school in Los Angeles on Aug. 13, 2020. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images

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Steps toward dismantling the Department of Education are greeted enthusiastically by Americans who believe that federal bureaucracies are the primary drivers of ideological indoctrination in schools. The argument is simple: Eliminate the department, return authority to states and local counties, and the problem will resolve itself.