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The argument against the department emphasizes its failure to improve educational standards despite its large budget. Instead of fostering excellence, it has been associated with declining test scores and a rise in culturally Marxist curricula, including practices like "ethnomathematics" and the infusion of critical race theory—characterized by critics as efforts to indoctrinate rather than educate. The phrase “bureaucratic red tape” becomes apt, as the federal controls tend to impose one-size-fits-all solutions that overlook local needs and ignore the diverse cultural fabric of American communities.