DOE has been truly destructive and the money sent to schools has largely led to the metastasis of administrative staff in schools and not to any real improvement in children's education. Back when education was subsumed under HEW things were a bit better but the teachers' unions demonstrated their power and forced DOE over the line to perpetuate and further empower the teachers unions.
I love the ideas you list but they all sort of look like ending DOE - as all of the programs are moved elsewhere in the federal government or turned into block grants for the states. Which seems pretty much like ending the Department of Education. DOE has 4400 employees and a $68 billion budget. I'm guessing we'd need just a few dozen at most to run a block grant program. What am I missing that's "mending" here, rather than ending?
DOE has been truly destructive and the money sent to schools has largely led to the metastasis of administrative staff in schools and not to any real improvement in children's education. Back when education was subsumed under HEW things were a bit better but the teachers' unions demonstrated their power and forced DOE over the line to perpetuate and further empower the teachers unions.
I love the ideas you list but they all sort of look like ending DOE - as all of the programs are moved elsewhere in the federal government or turned into block grants for the states. Which seems pretty much like ending the Department of Education. DOE has 4400 employees and a $68 billion budget. I'm guessing we'd need just a few dozen at most to run a block grant program. What am I missing that's "mending" here, rather than ending?