SOUTHERN RED STATES LIKE MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA ARE NOW OUTPERFORMING MANY BLUE STATES IN READING AND MATH. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SHOULD ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW THROUGH; ON SHUTTERING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WE SPEND BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE RESULTS KEEP GETTING WORSE BECAUSE THE LEFTISTS IN CONTROL OF THE; PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS SUBSTITUTED THE PROMOTION OF MARXIST IDEOLOGY AND RADICALISM FOR THE CLASSICS. NAME SOMETHING THAT THE LEFTIST CONTROLLED MAINSTREAM MEDIA REFUSES TO REPORT.