Oregon Has Civil Rights Problems in Education. This Congresswoman Is Trying to Distract Voters.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is downsizing an ineffective government bureaucracy, so, naturally, progressive lawmakers are howling. The latest theatrics come from Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., who introduced articles of impeachment against McMahon last week.

Bonamici’s attempt is baseless—McMahon has continued to fulfill the law while downsizing the U.S. Department of Education—which raises the question of whether Bonamici is diverting attention from the problems in her home state.

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Earlier this year, Oregon policymakers faced yet another civil rights complaint. Do No Harm and Defending Education cited the state’s public charter school funding formula, which provides additional money to charter schools that have high levels of minority enrollment. The spending represents rewards to school officials for keeping racial quotas, according to the groups.

Do No Harm and Defending Education also named an Oregon higher education commission in the complaint and said the commission provides “bonuses” to colleges and universities in the state according to the number of minority graduates.

Read more at the Daily Signal.