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There is no need to devote a cabinet level agency to metric collection. Yes, data is important but celebrating the act of gathering data as some of the “win” is ridiculous. It is the bare minimum. Although perhaps some credit is due for not falsifying data. Can you imagine if a business reported declining profits but then demanded accolades for reporting on it? Insane.

Special Ed is literally bankrupting school systems. All for students who are unlikely to be net contributors to our economy. Yes, they deserve an education. No, they do not deserve an egregiously high proportion of education dollars. You tout “graduation rates”. what good is a high school diploma when an individual is functionally illiterate.

Your point that declining literacy is more the fault of teachers omits the facts that the Dept of Education is responsible for pushing idiotic and counterproductive “innovative” approaches to literacy.

I noticed that you’re quick to talk about college Pell grants but strangely reticent to mention student loans. Crippling student loans debt (made worse when couple with low-income majors) is a generational issue. It has ruined the financial lives of many who lacked the financial education to understand that taking about $400K for a social work major is a bad idea.

Here’s the bottom line: it’s clear that you have never stepped foot in a classroom and are completely ignorant about how the Dept of Education fails students, especially low income. Your privilege and ignorance is not just ill-informed, it’s actively harmful to public school students.

How dare you accuse me of “nihilism” when my life has been committed to public education. Public education is administered at the state and local levels. Federal level policy does nothing but make that job harder and enrich DC bureaucrats.

You're clearly a liar and a fraud because you got so many fundamental things wrong that someone in public education would know better. Go take a flying leap with your "how dare you" crap.[/quote]

I am neither one of the PPs. There is clearly a huge disconnect between people in the trenches and the generals. If you read through this thread it is clear. A top down approach from the outside has not worked. How can we give teachers what they need instead of what the government thinks they need? And I'm not a Republican. 
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