From an article in Education News ............. Ted Cruz’s Plan To Dump the Common Core and the U. S. Dept. of Education — Policy Statement https://www.tedcruz.org/five-for-freedom/ DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Educational opportunity thrives on choice, ingenuity, and diversity; the Department of Education squelches all three. Largely created as an outgrowth of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society, the Department of Education has existed in its current form since 1980. Despite its stated aim to bring equal access to all, it has failed to close the gap between low-income communities and other communities, and instead has led to one-size-fits-all solutions imposed on millions of students … [Read more...]