Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos discusses what a second Trump term may mean for U.S. education on 'The Story with Martha MacCallum.'

Now that the American people have spoken and decided that Donald J. Trump will be both the 45th and 47th president of the United States, it is time for elected officials to set priorities. For parents and children across the country, some of the most important and impactful decisions the new administration will make will deal with education policy, and there is certainly a lot of work to be done in that realm.

We as a country need to wake up and realize that our current education approach is not working. High school math scores have plummeted and are lagging behind numerous other developed countries. We don’t fare much better on a global scale in science or reading either. Civics scores for middle schoolers are alarmingly low, and many students are showing up to college without knowing basic facts about American civics. Meanwhile, America is spending over $15,000 per pupil on average on public K-12 education, more than every other country but Luxembourg.

Given that Trump, along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk, has expressed his intention to take on the federal bureaucracy of Washington, D.C., he should train his crosshairs on the Department of Education, for starters, and has indicated he will do so.........

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