Do We Need the Department of Education? (DOE) | Marissa Streit

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Non-profit, Self-improvement, Education, Business, History

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Before 1979, America’s public education system was managed by state and local governments—and it ranked among the best in the world. But everything changed with the creation of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). Marissa Streit, CEO of PragerU, explains how federal control has impacted academic performance, curriculum, and classroom priorities—and why America’s education system has declined since. Learn what went wrong and what it will take to fix it this 5-Minute Video from PragerU. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.1	Deas and Cs and Cs Apply.
0:31.8	Do we need a Department of Education?
0:34.6	There's a good reason to ask this question.
0:37.0	Before 1979, the American public education
0:40.1	system, which was almost entirely managed by state and local governments, was widely acknowledged
0:46.2	as the best in the world. Almost half a century later, no one can make that claim. Right now,
0:53.2	the United States is ranked 28th in the world in math and 36 in literacy.
1:00.0	One in four eighth graders lacks a basic proficiency in math. One in three are not reading at grade level.
1:07.1	Only 13% are proficient in U.S. history. In certain cities, the numbers are truly appalling. For example, in Chicago, 22 schools didn't have a single student who was proficient in reading comprehension, and 33 schools didn't have a single student who was proficient in math. It's not a money problem.
1:29.2	According to the most recent numbers,
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