Kogan: Schools' dysfunction is hard-wired into a governance model that puts adults' political agendas ahead of students' educational interests.

By Vladimir Kogan

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Since January’s inauguration, two trends have characterized education policy during the second Trump administration.

One is the overwhelming flood of unilateral, executive action. This has included the haphazard dismantling of the federal Department of Education, on-and-off-again suspensions of various education-related spending — from research grants and leftover COVID dollars to afterschool and summer programs — and aggressive use of civil rights laws to target

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