“Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.”
If the Department of Education goes away, rich states can still spend lots of money on schools, but poor states might not have enough. That means some kids get great teachers, new books, and nice schools, while others don’t. The government helps make sure all kids have a fair chance, no matter where they live. Without it, some schools might get worse, and some kids might not get the help they need to learn.
So it seems
Foreign policy…
I assume it’ll be contested
I’m with you. Education, in my opinion, is one of those things that’s too important to leave up to private. I don’t get the plan here, so really just trying to understand.
Yeah, I agree. Just trying to explore all viewpoints because I truly don’t get how people think defunding the DoE will fix things. The system has clear issues, but breaking it up and making it more expensive doesn’t seem like the answer either.
I assumed. That’s just the argument I always hear. If the IRS gets gutted it seems like the revenue wouldn’t be there to fund them anyway.
Could school vouchers and tax credits work?
So increase DoE funding and decouple schools from property tax funding?
Whats interesting about Canada is that they have largely decentralized education with success. I wasn’t aware of that until recently.
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Hawaii and as I understand it, most that can afford to do so, send their kids to private schools. Is that true?
So the schools are funded kind of centrally versus locally with property taxes?
Basically all I’ve seen from this administration is what they’re against (healthcare, education, diversity, environment/climate, science, equity, inclusion, regulations, etc.), but like, are they for anything besides the antithesis of those?
That’s mostly how it is now, no?
Fantastic book and a pretty quick read. Pick up a copy at bookshop.org because fuck Bezos.