Department of Education

[Doctor Phibes]

[Horace]

Let's not shoot the messenger. Whether or not that's a fictional account, the fact remains that 25% of our students are testing in the lower quartile.

[Copper]

And the poor people in Africa have no quartiles at all.

[Horace]

25 cents US could feed an entire village for a month.

[NobodySock]

Because both parents, if there are two parents, are chasing the almighty dollar in today's ever more costly world
just to pay the electricity. Kids today do not receive quality parenting as a result. They expect the schools to take that over. Jon is right The DOE is not so much the curriculum creator that one thinks but is more another leg of American socialism, trying to fiscally take care of the less fortunate. The Right has shown their colors this time around without trying to hide it now, social programs cost too much when we have to keep lowering our donors' tax bills. It's really weird because they are supposed to represent their constituents who comprise MAGA and lesser zealots. But the very programs they want to kill are the ones their consituents need to get by. This government has gone full tilt. Greed is the reason the DOE will die.

[taiwan_girl]

Just like something like 80% of all US males of driving age think that they are above average drivers! LOL

[jon-nyc]

said in Department of Education:

I don’t think the DOE does what people here think it does.

Over half the budget is federal student aid - Pell grants, federal loans, etc. You going to zero that out? Another 30% or so are grants to K-12. You going to zero that out? 5% supports career and vocational training. Are we going to zero that out?

This will be like what he did to NAFTA. Basically rebrand it but leave it mostly unchanged.

[Doctor Phibes]

Under Trump, 10,000% of students will be in the 90% quartile.

[Axtremus]

So ... still better than the alternative?

[LuFins Dad]

@Axtremus said in Department of Education:

So ... still better than the alternative?

Oh, like the alternatives wouldn’t have expanded the DOE’s budget even more?

[Mik]

Changing one's approach based on new information is healthy if you ask me. Especially since midterms are imminent.

"I'll have more flexibility after the election" Barack Obama, 2012

[jon-nyc]

@Axtremus said in Department of Education:

So ... still better than the alternative?

Why do you keep setting yourself up like this? Even I roll my eyes when you post this.