“Currently the Department of Education relies on graduation rates and average earnings as proxies for educational quality. Both of those outcomes, however, are highly dependent upon a student’s socioeconomic background, sex, family status, and other factors.”
Citation: Project 2025, Section 3.1: Department of Education, Lindsey Burke, page 371, paragraph 2
Context:
I only include this to point out the utter hypocrisy. She’s admitting here that socioeconomic background, sex, and other factors DO affect children’s educational outcomes, hence the need for DEI and other programs that she is steadfastly against. She wants to pretend that everyone is equal when it comes time to legalize bigotry and cut funding for children, but she’ll admit that there is a systemic issue if it helps her make a point that it’s difficult to actually gauge educational quality. I see you, Ms. Burke.
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.2: Department of Education here.
Section: Section 3.2: Department of Education