I can't think of a reason we need a national Dep. Of Education.

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I can't think of a reason we need a national Dep. Of Education.

Author: NedoftheHill (43598 Posts - Joined: Jun 29, 2011)

Posted at 4:55 pm on Feb 4, 2025

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I don't see why my state and local school district can't deal with special needs kids. Is there a reason you brought that particular issue up? Why would we need a cabinet level position to handle those kids?

Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

Replies to: "I can't think of a reason we need a national Dep. Of Education."

While it will take an act of congress to eliminate the department of education… - Domer From Hell - 1:23pm 2/4/25 (27) [View All]
- 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