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byTheMiddleRoad ( 1153113 ) writes:
There are a lot of programs that the DOE administers. They'll continue as Trump cannot stop them. That's most of the money.
This is not the Carter DOE. Ed in the Fed has existed for over a century. They just reorganized in the Carter years.
The DOE did NCLB and other fuckery, so I won't especially miss it.
The real issues are Trump violating laws through his cuts and withholding, and spineless Congress allowing him to do so. Spineless on both sides of the aisle.
byLazLong ( 757 ) writes:
@TheMiddleRoad
You are wrong. The Dept of Ed didn't "do NCLB." That was a bi-partisan bill championed by G. W. Bush, spurred on by his wife who was an educator. The executive doesn't pass bills, Congress does that. You, like seemingly most of America, evidently have no clue as to what Ed does. It doesn't dictate how to educate; it doesn't micromanage the states. It mostly distributes funds, conducts research, and ensures the states adheres to Federal law and the Constitution. Most of the discourse about the dept has come from the Right, so this propaganda what most people have heard. Educate yourself, before you wreck yourself.
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bynarcc ( 412956 ) writes:
Your mistake is thinking they care about facts and reality.
byharuchai ( 17472 ) writes:
"Educate yourself"
pretty sure that comment is wasted on the people who've been wanting to kill the Department of Education for decades.
and that's assuming they can remember what it's called.
For example, Rick Perry couldn't recall even the 3rd of three departments he wanted killed and then just a few years later supposed genius Ted Cruz managed to name 5 only by counting one TWICE.
Well played, Texas, well played
Rick Perry, 2011 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Ted Cruz, 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch [youtube.com]
byceoyoyo ( 59147 ) writes:
“We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat. That’s dynamite! We have to be selective on who we allow [to go to college].”
Roger A. Freeman, Education advisor to President Reagan
"As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing."
Karl Rove
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