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The Wikipedia article on ED (as it's abbreviated) gives a summary overview of its formation, in 1980, when the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfa
by dredmorbius 2y ago
The Wikipedia article on ED (as it's abbreviated) gives a summary overview of its formation, in 1980, when the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the present ED and the Department of Health and Human Services.
It also gives the ED's principle four functions of:
- Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education and distributing as well as monitoring those funds.
- Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research.
- Focusing national attention on key issues in education, and making recommendations for education reform.
- Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ed...>
As with other recent cessations of governmental functions, a sudden disruption of services and function is likely to sow chaos affecting institutions, students, educators, and their many partners. Which is strongly speculated to be a major point of such disruptions.
- anigbrowl 2y agoQuite aside of the downstream effects (which are going to be a mess), I'm struck by the administration's open solicitation of constitutional crises - in this case disregarding the fact that the department's creation was mandated by Congress.
- dredmorbius 2y agoYep. And emphasis on the plural in crises, as this is hardly the only instance currently ongoing. (Don't ask me how many, I'm barely keeping track, largely to preserve the remaining shreds of my sanity, or what I like to think is.)