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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public education has been ruined for years.  Let it crash and burn and we’ll start over. [/quote]

After our personal experience watching the once-great FCPS circle the drain and crumble around our teens, I agree that public education in the U.S. has indeed been ruined.

All the while: the U.S. Department of Education was fully funded.  The departments existence only made the problems worse.

I am a democrat who supports education but I am glad to see the department dissolved. [/quote]

Wrong. FCPS is the problem. I've worked in other states and FCPS is the issue not the department of education.[/quote]

You’re not wrong but not right either. As others have mentioned, school districts operate independently from dept of education and their issues such as with FCPS are due to poor leadership.

The dept of education is simply unnecessary and wastes millions of dollars adding no value in educating children. [/quote]

You seem to have zero knowledge of history. Prior to the civil rights era, the federal government had little involvement in education. However, due to segregation, it was necessary to intervene to end long standing discrimination. Every child deserves a chance at a quality education. The role of the US Dept of Ed is aimed at trying to ensure that. They are not perfect by no means. And, yes, there have been flawed policies.

Also, in a globally connected world, it is stupid to think that the education of a populace is not directly tied into the overall innovation and competitiveness of the country. Thus, it IS an issue for us as a nation if entire states are not educating their children. [/quote]

Education outcomes for students of all races have only declined since the dept of education was established.

You really should educate yourself before spouting nonsense.

This is a bipartisan issue. Anyone who works in education knows that the Dept of Education does more harm than good.

The only people who want to keep it are ideological know-nothings who have never stepped foot in classroom, [/quote]

+ a milliion

And, I am a former career teacher with 35 years of experience.  
The Dept. of Ed has not educated ONE child.  Not one.  It is a bureaucratic "pass through."  Get rid of it.  The few beneficial duties they are responsible for can easily be accomplished by other agencies.  [/quote]

But are state board of eds and local school boards any better? It seems like all they do is pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to consultants to select and implement “new” curriculums only to decide a few years later those are crap and repeat the cycle all over again. The only people who benefit are the employees paid to hire the consultants and the consultants themselves.

Why do we need to constantly reinvent the wheel with reading and math curriculum?[/quote]

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