The Dept. of Education has NOTHING to do with education. It is about pushing leftist social-engineering philosophy and protecting a key leftist political bloc.
Kill the DOE immediately.. To allow states to adjust, distribute any funds allocated to it directly to the States, for 3 years, on a declining basis 100%, 50%, 25%. DONE.
$60 BILLION every year into that DOE monstrosity!! Can you imagine the good that would do for education in this country?
The US has 14,000 public school districts. That is $4.3 MILLION for every single district in the entire country!
You're exactly right. What most people who support the DoE don't realize is that it was the Jimmy Carter administration that created the DoE as payback for the teachers unions.
Show me how much government run education since the feds began the DoE in the 1970s...
Mark