Candidates in the 2024 Republican primary have echoed decades-long calls to substantially scale back or even eliminate the Department of Education. What candidates really mean by this is vague, but their overall message seems to be that federal spending on education—like the federal role in education—is bloated and should be cut.
This rhetoric raises several questions: Can the president realistically cut federal spending on education? How successful have presidential budget requests for the Department of Education been over time?
To shed light on the issue, Rosalia Dalton, Nicolas Zerbino, and Katharine Meyer examine the politics and funding dynamics between Congress, the White House, and the Department of Education.
The president’s unspectacular but solid national security record. “Biden has been calm and de-escalatory, yet resolute on core matters of national interest.” Michael E. O’Hanlon assesses how the White House has handled various security and global crises during Biden’s first three years in office.
The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars.
