It's time to re-think our education system.  Education was never meant to be a federal issue.  Education is the responsibility of parents first and foremost and the governments of each state should work in partnership with parents and local communities to determine what is best for their students.  Therefore, the federal Department of Education needs to be abolished.  Every American student should have access to quality education, regardless of their economic circumstances or zip code.  Having more school/educational choices and encouraging parental involvement are proven ways to make sure that students succeed, and this can be done on the state level in a variety of ways. College costs have skyrocketed by 439% or more in the past 25 years, but the suppression of free speech and the indoctrination of students by liberal professors is a pandemic that is changing and dividing our nation in drastic ways.  We must protect the free speech of our college students and provide protection for open debate on college campuses by denying funding to any institute of higher learning which denies those basic rights and freedoms.