I would gander that our public education system is WORSE off now than before the DoED was created. Why shouldn't it be eradicated?
The federal government has absolutely no business in education. It's a responsibility of the various states, counties, and municipalities.
It should be defunded and ultimately done away with.
Sure! Lets go back to the time when states and localities could refuse to educate minorities, and children with disabilities.
When I attended school, we didn't have kids in wheelchairs in the classroom because they didn't "need" to be educated. If you had a learning disability, you were not forced to attend school and left to your parents to take care of you.