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For the White House press corps on Thursday, class was in session — and press secretary Karoline Leavitt was the teacher.

Speaking before President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at dismantling the behemoth known as the Department of Education, Leavitt was armed with some solid statistics documenting some results of the department’s decades of failure.

Not even Democrats should try to defend numbers like these.

“The current status quo is failing our students. In fact, I have some facts right here,” Leavitt said, at about the 30-second mark in the video above.

“Thirteen-year-olds’ mathematics scores are the lowest they have been in decades.

“Thirteen-year-olds’ reading scores are the lowest since testing began over 30 years ago.

“Low-performing students are falling further behind.

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“One city, Baltimore, Maryland, in 2023, high schools had zero students who tested proficient in mathematics.”

Then she summed it up succinctly.

“American students are falling behind,” Leavitt said. “We’re not keeping up with our allies or our adversaries