jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoRepublicans want to kill the Dept. of Ed and privatize education. Billionaires are helping them.19thnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down13
arrow-up1316arrow-down1external-linkRepublicans want to kill the Dept. of Ed and privatize education. Billionaires are helping them.19thnews.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·6 months agoSomething needs to be done with the DoE. US literacy rates are some of the lowest in the world, median reading and comprehension rate is 6th grade, 11/12 year old children. They are serving as nothing more than houses of propaganda
minus-squareodelik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoHere’s what to do with the DoE: Fund it properly so our public schools can receive the funding they need.
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·6 months agoThe quality of education has been steadily going down the last 30 years, this is not something recent
minus-squareodelik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoAnd the Republicans have spent the last 40 years convincing their constituents that programs they’ve defunded are failures. This includes the DoE.
Something needs to be done with the DoE. US literacy rates are some of the lowest in the world, median reading and comprehension rate is 6th grade, 11/12 year old children. They are serving as nothing more than houses of propaganda
Here’s what to do with the DoE: Fund it properly so our public schools can receive the funding they need.
The quality of education has been steadily going down the last 30 years, this is not something recent
And the Republicans have spent the last 40 years convincing their constituents that programs they’ve defunded are failures. This includes the DoE.