#2 I remember when HEW was around. Then the E was removed and a new agency created with a starting budget of $10 billion. Only gotten worse since.
I have a stupid question.
Has the state of public education in this country improved, since Jimmy Carter set up a separate cabinet level Department of Education?
If the state of education has not improved, it begs many questions about whether we really need such a department.
Not to mention issues of federalism, and why are schools all across the country answerable to Washington DC for various matters in the first place.