If we fund education from federal monies it should be as block grants to the individual states with no strings attached. California, New York and other liberal states will waste it. Texas, Florida and conservative states will use it wisely.
However, I wonder if the federal government should be involved with education at all. They screw up everything they touch.
The only reason that higher education costs have soared for decades way above the inflation rate is the “FREE MONEY” from FedZilla.
When I went to a major midwestern state university ‘69-’73, things were pretty spartan. We still had a huge quonset hut built in WW II next to the administration building! It was still in use 40 years after WW II ended. That was frugality.
When I stroll through a modern university campus now and then, I’m amazed at how luxurious and extravagant everything is. The universities say that’s because that is what the students demand but that is pure BS. It’s a direct result of all the free money from Uncle Sugar.
“However, I wonder if the federal government should be involved with education at all. They screw up everything they touch.”
Exactly the point... or one of them. Defang the feral Federal Government. It has been given way too much power and has proven that it can’t be trusted.