The swamp is not drained yet, but the water is getting low enough for us to see all the slithery inhabitants. One of the government agencies that needs to be abolished is the Department of Education. The top-heavy educrats, who have overseen the downward spiral in our education system’s results, should go.
For context, the nation’s teachers’ union, the National Education Association (NEA), gave its first presidential endorsement ever in 1976. At an annual NEA meeting, Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale promised that the Carter administration would form an education department for them. He paid them back for their support, and it has been a disaster. The result has been like a Republican giving the NRA a Cabinet post.
At the time, the United States was number one in education. We now rank about 30th compared to our peer group. Poland beats us, and that is no joke.
We have dropped from first to 30th while spending more money per student. Or, as the educrats in D.C. would put it, “Well that’s only 10 spots.”
U.S. student test scores continue to decline, even with grade inflation. Back in the day, grading at my school was severe, even with grade inflation. A student once died in our health class, and he was given an F.