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The Current Rise of Anti-Intellectualism
and how it contributes to the long-standing war on public education
We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated.
— Donald Trump
On March 20, 2025, the White House released an executive order to dissolve the Department of Education (ED). This move is something Republicans have been pushing for since the ED’s birth.
Despite the President’s initial denial of not being involved with Project 2025, the current administration is constantly pushing policies directly from it, including the dissolution of the Department of Education.
However, people are doubtful that this act will even come to pass. We already know that an Executive Order is not the end-all-be-all. Trump would also need congressional approval, as well as a supermajority vote from the U.S. Senate (60 out of 100 senators). Even if every Republican voted in favor, at least seven Democrats would also need to vote to get rid of the Department. At this point, both scenarios seem unlikely.
This wouldn’t be the first time that the Republican party has called for dismantling the Department. And it likely won’t be the last, assuming that the congressional approval and votes do not…
