20 votes
Department of Education
Let's return responsibility for education back to state and local government. The current DOE budget is $58 Billion/Year.
Let's return responsibility for education back to state and local government. The current DOE budget is $58 Billion/Year.
M.C. Lee
While some national standardized testing is needed, the current extent is not only excessive but flawed.
Instead of sending federal dollars to schools in an attempt to encourage measurement of "learning", let's spend federal $s encouraging school boards to be more efficient , more responsive to students' needs, and more transparent to local district taxpayers about how local dollars are spent.
12 days ago
epheterson
I disagree with this idea. I think a united DOE (and funding pot) at the federal level is beneficial at the student level in each and every county. A functional DOE can watch over schools and make sure students are leaning the right things at the same time.
22 days ago
Mike Mathieu
Do you mean to stop spending the $58B on education, or just that there'd be more savings on administrative costs if you sent that money directly to state/local offices? A blanket cut on education spending doesn't sound like a scalpel approach.
26 days ago