jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoRepublicans want to kill the Dept. of Ed and privatize education. Billionaires are helping them.19thnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down13
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkRepublicans want to kill the Dept. of Ed and privatize education. Billionaires are helping them.19thnews.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year 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-up3·1 year 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-down2·1 year agoThe quality of education has been steadily going down the last 30 years, this is not something recent
minus-squareodelik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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.