Zuckerberg and Gates and other people like them will do a better job at improving education than the government. Let’s foster that philanthropic movement, even if we may not agree with the philanthropists on all points, and we could make the Education Department a useless fossil.
Childhood education is the responsibility of parents.
Public schools started being formed in large numbers in America in the 1800’s in yet another misguided attempt at government to “help” citizens.
Every State regulates education with some sort of State Board of Education and is staffed by countless goofball PhD’s on the State payroll who profess to know how best to educate children.
The Federal Department of Education is also staffed with countless goofball PhD’s who profess to know how best to educate children.
It’s the redundancy of goofball PhD’s that provides the opportunity to LET THE STATES RUN THEIR OWN EDUCATION SYSTEMS. How can Federal goofballs know any more than State goofballs ?
As far as letting filthy rich psychopaths dictate how children are educated - I would not recommend that for anyone.