"We're from the government. We're here to help!" Education Secretary Miguel Cardona thinks President Reagan said that, but the actual quote is: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Commentators rightly lampooned Cardona but overlooked a couple of back stories.
Despite his ignorance, Cardona may not be the worst education secretary.
"Oh, you'll go far." For his part, Duncan went much farther than previous education secretaries.
The program is popular with African American parents but opposed by teacher unions and federal education bureaucrats.
Nine out of 10 students who were shut out of the scholarship program were "Assigned to attend failing public schools." Arne Duncan, white as Frosty the Snowman, ejected black students from the schools their parents wanted them to attend.
Miguel Cardona heads a federal Department of Education that dates only from 1978.
Education is the purview of the states, so strictly speaking ED should not exist.
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