re: #28 Romantic Heretic

To believers knowledge is the enemy, so it’s not the least bit surprising to me that they want to abolish the DOE.

Actually …
As far as I know, local school boards are still in charge of local schools.

The Department of Education seems to keep statistics, and provide research, information and grants for a lot of different things, that individual states might not be able to afford to do on their own, but the US Department of Ed can do and make available to all.

Now, there are plenty of times when I wonder about the efficacy of certain programs administered by the US Dept of Education. But I’m nowhere near convinced it should be completely abolished.