Probably will manage better. I know you're joking but many do not know this. It was only created in 1980...

Many do not know this but the federal dept of Ed is completely unnecessary. When people talk about teachers not being paid enough they need to look at cutting administrators. Each state has its own dept of ed, each school district has admins. Each school has admins. Its admins all the way down. The fed dept of ed is mostly setting the agenda for the states and using fed money to manipulate the state depts. If you have issues with what kids are being propagandized with you need to start at the top and start chopping out the admins that set the agendas.

Most of the complaints parents have with schools should be resolved locally. I mean I would shut it all down including the whole government but that's my opinion.

I started my software career working in education and specifically with one of the state departments of ed. The waste was unbelievable to me at the time. The incompetence as well. The worst kinds of people get promoted. I still called myself a "conservative" at the time. That experience taught me a lot about bureaucracies and incentive structures.