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Is the American education system federally run? I'm guessing not. Is it run at a state level? And then how much sway to subdivisions of a state have? (Counties?
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
Is the American education system federally run? I'm guessing not. Is it run at a state level? And then how much sway to subdivisions of a state have? (Counties? Towns?)
- civilized 5y agoIt's local, but the state and federal government provide funding, and as always, this enables them to pull strings.
- temp8964 5y agoIt's very local. The difference between city and suburban schools is day and night. So without this context, I have no idea what the above comments are about.
- coffeefirst 5y agoRight. There are 30,000 different public school systems in the US. It is virtually impossible to make broad generalizations about them. Except that COVID sucked.
- temp8964 5y agoThe impact of COVID is very different among states and districts. So it’s not equally sucked.
- gumby 5y agoThe federal budget for education is about 4% of what the country spends on schools (and at the federal level the dept of education is also involved in university education as well). So in practice federal involvement in education is mostly standing on the side shouting encouraging words, except where the federal government has some authority for other reasons (such as some nondiscrimination rules).