She's trying to defeat her own nemisis

[onawbtngr546]

[Salty Again]

What?

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[HDGristle]

Sbe really does makes Waters and Palin seem reasonable, hard working, intelligent, cogent and welcoming by comparison...

It was nemesis, btw

[Jacuzzme]

Good for her. The less bureaucracy the better.

[bambino]

Judging our world rankings, they should have been abolished many years ago.

[chizzy]

Originally Posted by bambino

Judging our world rankings, they should have been abolished many years ago.

Not to mention the teachers union.......

No child left behind lol. Ya lower the standards so they can keep passing them, bravo..... kids graduating high school who can't read on a 6th grade level

[bambino]

Originally Posted by chizzy

Not to mention the teachers union.......

No child left behind lol. Ya lower the standards so they can keep passing them, bravo..... kids graduating high school who can't read on a 6th grade level

Not one student in the Baltimore city school system is proficient in math. That’s 23 schools. How’s dem apples.


https://www.foxnews.com/media/baltim...ly-failing.amp

[berryberry]

Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

Good for her. The less bureaucracy the better.

Exactly

This is one of the multitude of examples of wasted Federal spending that could easily be eliminated to reduce the deficit

Can anyone name any real tangible accomplishments of the Federal Dept of Education?

[Smarty1]

Where does the Constitution authorize the federal government to control and regulate education? The intent of the establishment of our government was to have the federal government be limited in what it was empowered to do. The Constitution provides a list of enumerated powers that the federal government was granted. That word “enumerated” is very important. It means that the powers granted by the Constitution are meant to be exhaustive — if it ain’t on the list, you can’t do it. The Tenth Amendment was added to the Bill of Rights to emphasize this point; all powers not granted by the Constitution to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.

I quite understand that we have evolved a long way away from this model, and a return to this type of government is unlikely. However it does have some merit in many instances. Minimum wage laws are one good example. A minimum wage of something like $15 per hour might be a very livable wage in some areas of the country, but poverty level in places like the LA or NYC area. A more livable wage, say $25 per hour, in the more expensive areas would likely become quite burdensome to businesses in less expensive areas, resulting in possible economic hardships there. The obvious solution— no federal minimum wage at all; each state can decide what works best for itself.

Similarly schools in Mississippi are likely to have different challenges and different needs than schools in California. It just makes sense to allow each state to control its own educational system. A one-size-fits-all approach rarely is particularly successful in a large, diverse nation with a population of some 360 million. More state and local control will often result in better outcomes.