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gortroe's avatar

Getting rid of the Department of Education would cut deeply into woke schooling. They are the trough these orgs feed from. In exchange for the free money they have to follow the rules, to the letter. Common core, etc. have failed miserably and teachers hate it. but it comes with newly printed money!

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Buffy Gilfoil's avatar

I think it may be better to turn the tables on the Dept. of Ed than to eliminate it. Use it to impose "right to work" for teacher and to promote charter schools;. Make sure CRT, DEI, and tans ideology are out and meritocracy, civics, the Constitution, and critical thinking are in.

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DaveL's avatar

No, just get rid of it. Leave it around and it will soon be up to its old tricks.

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Alice Ball's avatar

But why would we trust them to do this? The same people who have taught CRT and gender ideology? TheyтАЩre not going to teach anything like civics and meritocracy.

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Hillary's avatar

I've been a teacher since 1973 and inside classrooms until 2020. It sounds quaint but In the late eighties I did a double take when teachers began appearing in front of their classes with take-out coffees. In the early nineties I was nonplussed when I saw a young teacher squat down to retrieve something on the floor for one of her third graders only to reveal a tattoo above her partially exposed bum. Eventually everyone was encouraged to bring their 'authentic' selves to work, broadcast their allegiances, and indoctrinate even very young children. Being inked with rainbows and unicorns, wearing tee shirts with knives proclaiming 'Protect Trans Kids', piercings, green hair, books about drag queens read by drag queens, male principals that announce on the PA that they are henceforth a woman and shall be demanding female pronouns is now considered good, meaningful, and very important.

My generation of educators were expected to dress and behave in a professional manner while at school or whenever interacting with students. We were taught to be firm, fair, and friendly (in that order) to students. Oh and by the way, in my 50 year career teaching K through 12, I have never once had a 'transkid' in my classroom.

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Alice Ball's avatar

I don't doubt one thing you said Hillary. If the teachers we need to teach civics and meritocracy were LIKE YOU, it would be a win. With I'd bet at least 50% of teachers, they'd continue to teach gender ideology despite new guidelines. Jimmy Carter started the DoE, and I think they've proven they're not up to the task.

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Pacificus's avatar

Spot on, Hillary. Agreed with every point. Thanks for your decades of service to our kids.

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Glitterpuppy's avatar

IтАЩm afraid that if you donтАЩt drive a stake into them, they will rise from the earth

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Glitterpuppy's avatar

Problem is, too damned many of them to turn the tables on. They would re turn the tables, requiring us to replace all the tables with round tables.

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