The Breakdown: The history and role of the U.S. Department of Education

A Brief History of Efforts to End the Department of Education

🚨 History lesson: The U.S. Department of Education exists because when education was left to the states, Black children were “terrorized” instead of “educated.” 📚 Ruby Bridges needed federal marshals to escort her to school. The Little Rock Nine needed federal troops just to enter a classroom. Even after “Brown v. Board (1954)” ruled segregation unconstitutional, states still refused to comply—parents had to keep suing for justice “for decades.” So when people say “education should go back to