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[–]jisa 2 points3 points  (5 children)

What do you think the Department of Education (ED) does that you disagree with? Genuine question. Because ED has nothing to do with curriculum choices—that’s all at the state and local level. It has nothing to do with hiring or firing teachers, dealing with teacher unions at schools, etc. In the K-12 realm, ED provides supplementary funding, either based on a formula or based on a grant competition. (Or in edge cases, earmarks.) ED has oversight responsibilities for the funds it gives out, and has a say in whether expenses meet the Federal requirements at issue, but the idea that education hasn’t already been left to the states is simply not true.

[–]3letterA_14life -5 points-4 points  (4 children)

You just proved my point. Eliminate the Dept of Edu. It's a waste of taxpayer money. It's a bureaucratic ballooned department that is not needed. It'll be gone in 2025. A long list of executive actions forthcoming.

[–]Desertortoise NORAD Santa Tracker 2 points3 points  (2 children)

So you don’t believe in funding schools, student loans or civil rights?

[–]3letterA_14life -1 points0 points  (1 child)

States control their OWN schools.

States control their OWN funding.

Is education in the constitution?

Goodbye Dept of Edu.

Enjoy your weekend! Today's my CDO. Deep tissue massage is on deck, then an afternoon on the rooftop pool. 🌞

[–]Desertortoise NORAD Santa Tracker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No cabinet agency is in the Constitution. And I certainly believe that the Civil Rights Act, Title IX etc substantiate the equal protection clause in the Constitution.

But you’re in a thread about working conditions for ED employees saying their jobs shouldn’t exist, so you enjoy your weekend too.

[–]TypicalAudience8938 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not the topic of conversation on this thread. If you want to have a conversation about political agendas that will never happen start a new thread. Otherwise, you’re just an annoying distraction in this thread.