Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich reports the latest from the White House. The 'Fox & Friends' hosts discuss the possibility as the Trump administration continues to push for states to run schools. 

It’s no surprise the Department of Education faces nearly 50 percent reduction in force after Tuesday's notice this week. If the Department of Education was a publicly traded company, its stock would be in freefall, analysts would be issuing dire warnings, and shareholders would be calling for the CEO’s resignation. Why? Because in the business world, companies that spend billions of dollars without achieving measurable success eventually collapse. 

Yet, when it comes to government institutions, failure seems to have no consequences – except for the taxpayers footing the bill. With President Donald Trump wanting to abolish the Department Of Education, should this agency have been RIP a long time ago? 

NEARLY HALF OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STAFF TO BE ELIMINATED

Since its establishment in 1979, the Department of Education has ballooned into a bureaucratic behemoth. In 2023, the department’s budget was roughly $79.6 billion, not including an additional $120 billion in pandemic relief funds allocated to schools. Despite these astronomical figures, student performance in reading, math and science has either stagnated or declined over the past two decades.

Linda McMahon was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of Education. (Getty Images)

To put this in perspective, imagine if a publicly traded company like Ford spent $200 billion over a few years but saw no increase in vehicle sales, no improvements in safety and no innovation in product design. Investors would flee, executives would be fired and the company would likely face major challenges from a stock price perspective on Wall Street. Yet, the Department of Education continues to spend excessively while achieving no meaningful results and with........

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