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It's been going the wrong direction since it was formed in 1979. It was a minor bureau before then. Americans were and would be better served by locally driven

It's been going the wrong direction since it was formed in 1979. It was a minor bureau before then. Americans were and would be better served by locally driven standards driven by teachers. You know, the actual experts in education. If you axed 75% of admin and returned the DOE to a minor bureau and moved all that money to teachers salaries then I suspect learning outcomes would improve drastically. It's the same problem as Boeing. Put the money back into the fucking product.

gruez 3y ago
> It's been going the wrong direction since it was formed in 1979. It was a minor bureau before then. Americans were and would be better served by locally driven standards driven by teachers. You know, the actual experts in education. I thought the K-12 curriculum was set at the state level? What role does the DOE has to play in this?
- lupire 3y ago
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- ImJamal 3y ago
  The federal government sets standards like "No child left behind" and gives less funding if a state does not accept them. States don't have the money to not accept the standards so they generally accept them.