Psyched! He's closing the Department of Education in Washignton DC

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Anonymous wrote:So, the state you live in dictates your education and available health care now, We are just the States of America, no longer United. Go SA?

Yes, we are no longer United. Because we weren't before the Department of Education.

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Everything revolves around the administrative state for many of you.

You know that's not the way it's supposed to be, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds great but requires congressional approval.

boy do I have news for you

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No more IEPs for those mooching kids with ADHD and autism.

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Anonymous wrote:So, the state you live in dictates your education and available health care now, We are just the States of America, no longer United. Go SA?

Education is a state responsibility not congress’s.

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Anonymous wrote:Since the DoEd's inception, US school test scores have consistently declined. Send the power back to the people. Not a gov mandated curriculum.

There is no curriculum mandated by the Federal Government.

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I’m a former Virginian and live in Lenexa, KS - a “red” state. Trust me, we’ll do just fine if we eliminated all payments to DC to get back back funding, but with certain strings attached.

This really shouldn’t even be a political thing. My great grandmother was educated in a log cabin with a slate and chalk tablet and sharing books. She read and studied insatiably and was very well educated.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since the DoEd's inception, US school test scores have consistently declined. Send the power back to the people. Not a gov mandated curriculum.

The states decide their standards. Some states voted to adopt common core and some didn’t. VA has its own standards. The school districts then get to choose their own materials so long as it aligns with the state standards. There is no national curriculum.

The poor states will just make their citizens dumber. The blue states will be fine.

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Special Ed is gone. That’s funded by the federal government.

Which sucks, because my son has an IEP and he gets services 4 days/week. He’s mainstreamed and those services have been critical to his development.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a former Virginian and live in Lenexa, KS - a “red” state. Trust me, we’ll do just fine if we eliminated all payments to DC to get back back funding, but with certain strings attached.

This really shouldn’t even be a political thing. My great grandmother was educated in a log cabin with a slate and chalk tablet and sharing books. She read and studied insatiably and was very well educated.

Yes, well educated for then, not now. We are on a world stage. Your podunk education doesn't mean anything anymore.

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Where is the original source of the video? It looks like a campaign promise, not a formal policy statement.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a former Virginian and live in Lenexa, KS - a “red” state. Trust me, we’ll do just fine if we eliminated all payments to DC to get back back funding, but with certain strings attached.

This really shouldn’t even be a political thing. My great grandmother was educated in a log cabin with a slate and chalk tablet and sharing books. She read and studied insatiably and was very well educated.

Your great grandmother was the exception, not the rule.

Lack of education leads to higher crime. Enjoy that, I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:Everything revolves around the administrative state for many of you.

You know that's not the way it's supposed to be, right?

The department of Ed has the smallest staff of all of the cabinet level agencies. All of the money goes to title 1, Pell grants, special education, and federal student loans. Stripping title 1 funding would be very very bad for a lot of public school’s districts.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a former Virginian and live in Lenexa, KS - a “red” state. Trust me, we’ll do just fine if we eliminated all payments to DC to get back back funding, but with certain strings attached.

This really shouldn’t even be a political thing. My great grandmother was educated in a log cabin with a slate and chalk tablet and sharing books. She read and studied insatiably and was very well educated.

Your great grandmother was the exception, not the rule.

Lack of education leads to higher crime. Enjoy that, I guess.

Only because you think schools and teachers should be playing a role that properly belongs to families and parents. Enough outsourcing of child rearing!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything revolves around the administrative state for many of you.

You know that's not the way it's supposed to be, right?

The department of Ed has the smallest staff of all of the cabinet level agencies. All of the money goes to title 1, Pell grants, special education, and federal student loans. Stripping title 1 funding would be very very bad for a lot of public school’s districts.

Great - not a lot of jobs will be lost then