A separate Department of Education dates back to the Carter administration, but before that there was the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), going back to 1953. The rest of HEW became HHS. The Secretary of Education became a cabinet officer but I think a lot of the programs probably go back to the HEW era.
Yep...Carter started the Dept of Education, a separate entity of government in 1979...That’s basically when the education system left state control and started going straight to h*ll...It has never veered off course since then...
Close it down and return education to state control...