Since its creation in 1979, the Department of Education has spent over $3 trillion on “education” with virtually nothing to show for it.  Instead of building a more literate country, seven out of ten eighth graders today cannot read proficiently.  Instead of preparing future generations for careers in science and technology, math scores for 13-year-olds this year are at their lowest level in decades.  Instead of building a better education system, unaccountable bureaucrats dictated what