While it will take an act of congress to eliminate the department of education…

Domer From Hell 18559 posts Original UHND Member

Posted 1:23 pm on Feb 4, 2025

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Is this truly a smart thing to do? And Linda McMahon as the secretary of education? Really?

What happens to special needs kids? I’m a bit naive on this subject now that my kids are in college, however I do have friends that have kids in public grade and high schools.

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While it will take an act of congress to eliminate the department of education… Domer From Hell 1:23pm · 2/4/25
- I can't think of a reason we need a national Dep. Of Education. NedoftheHill 4:55pm · 2/4/25
  - The reasons I brought it up… Domer From Hell 5:42pm · 2/4/25
    - Obama' used the department to limit schools' ability to suspend disruptive (or worse) students. jakers 5:54pm · 2/4/25
      - I like MAS. He’s a damn good poster in my opinion… Domer From Hell 6:03pm · 2/4/25
- Here's $815 M in low-hanging fruit. Institute for Education Sciences. LanceManion 3:57pm · 2/4/25
- Most decisions are at the State and local level. PaND 3:44pm · 2/4/25
  - Good point. It’s about 13% here from what I’ve read… Domer From Hell 4:17pm · 2/4/25
  - I'd like to see better oversight of how the federal funds are used. jakers 3:57pm · 2/4/25
    - The plans I’ve seen before wanted to give to money directly to the states. PaND 5:55pm · 2/4/25
- you mean the department of indoctrination. und67 2:12pm · 2/4/25
  - I'm fine with a Department of Education. But it needs some serious reform. jakers 2:56pm · 2/4/25
    - That I agree with… Domer From Hell 2:59pm · 2/4/25
      - Obamacare nationalized the student loan system. Got snuck into the bill. NedoftheHill 5:04pm · 2/4/25
        
        That's what a Private Banker...the "Middle Man" in this case...would say...read the linked Link TyroneIrish 5:32pm · 2/4/25
      - Your candidate just had 4 years to do something about it and took a nap, so now Cole 3:40pm · 2/4/25
        
        My party? I’m a Reagan Republican. Your candidate is the reason for all of these questions… Domer From Hell 4:09pm · 2/4/25
        
        Pretty sure Reagan also wanted to get rid of DOE. PaND 5:52pm · 2/4/25
        
        Knowing Trump, there's very little likelihood that he and his team have thought this through...Link TyroneIrish 4:02pm · 2/4/25
  - I can only speak for my kids and their academic experiences… Domer From Hell 2:52pm · 2/4/25
- The schools themselves and teachers arwe unaffected. Regarding BaronVonZemo 1:58pm · 2/4/25
  - I disagree… Domer From Hell 2:58pm · 2/4/25
- Since its formation in 1979, the US has gone from 1st to 34th in OECD ranking. Iggle 1:28pm · 2/4/25
  - Weak performances in standardize testing is a State & Local issue, not DoE.NT Quest4twelve 1:53pm · 2/4/25
    - Tell us what they do and how they’ve done. BaronVonZemo 2:01pm · 2/4/25
      - Since you're clueless when it comes to the Education Dept., but spout off about it anyway...here's Link TyroneIrish 2:20pm · 2/4/25
        
        Don't fall for is his trick. Baron is lazy and/or quite possible not intelligent enough to comeback Quest4twelve 3:18pm · 2/4/25
        
        There's no "Trick" to Baron...for whatever reason, he's gone "Postal" when it comes to "Libs"... TyroneIrish 4:25pm · 2/4/25

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