Is The Department of Education Legitimate?

What has been the legitimate role of the Federal Government in education, and does it remain effective in promoting or sustaining our country’s growth? Their legitimate role, if they had one, is long past. Any effectiveness, now controlled by the Left, is inimical to the best interests of our Constitutional Republic. How did we get here? Some time ago, in the distant past, a bureaucratic government agency, the Dept of Education (DOE), was created out of thin air under Jimmy Carter’s Administration when it wasn’t needed. Was its purpose to raise the cognitive thinking abilities of America's little children or mold and form them to conform to the state's changing socialist demands? We see the results of governments' helpful intrusions into education.