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Stop The Insanity: Why States, Not Washington, Should Run Education

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Whether Albert Einstein actually said it or not, the point stands: nowhere is this truer than in America’s broken education system. Since the Department of Education opened its doors in 1979, we’ve been pouring increasing federal money …

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Whether Albert Einstein actually said it or not, the point stands: nowhere is this truer than in America’s broken education system.

Since the Department of Education opened its doors in 1979, we’ve been pouring increasing federal money into our public school system – more per child than most developed nations – but our test scores keep sliding. And the more our schools fail our children, the more Washington doubles down on what isn’t working.