Underly calls feds ‘biggest schoolyard bully’ in public schools

State Superintendent Jill Underly during her fifth State of Education address said the federal government is “the biggest schoolyard bully.”

Underly spoke on a variety of topics during the roughly 25-minute speech yesterday at the state Capitol, such as inclusion, mental health, and the achievement gap between Black and white students. But she particularly emphasized investing more in education.

Underly criticized the U.S. Department of Education for “threatening the very resources our schools depend on to serve their most vulnerable students” and criticized “attacks that are nothing more than political agendas and hatred.”

“We teach our students to stand up to bullies, but this year, the biggest schoolyard bully in our public schools is our own federal government,” Underly said.

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