[blackdog]

The Department of Education has armies of auditors which oversee for profit and public education institutions. They ensure compliance because they participate in the federal student loan programs. I know of many schools K thru 12, and universities, trade schools, and Vo-Technical schools that have been shut down for no-compliance and fraud. (I have a relative that does this). They are like bank examiners with incredible power.

Jimmy Carter created the Department of Education as a reward to the teachers unions in 1976. They have nothing to do with actual education. They are merely a giant bank. Reagan promised to disband the agency but never followed thru. As a result a college degree from a private tier 1 college went from $20K to $250K in a decade. Public K~12 spending went from $3,700 per student to $27,000 per student. All the time the quality of education was lowered every year. An inverse curve. The more that is spent and borrowed the worse the education.

Kill the beast.

[Verginius Rufus]

Before Carter there was HEW (Health, Education and Welfare). I think what Carter did was to split off Education as a separate cabinet position--it wasn't created from nothing. The remainder became Health and Human Services.

More than 40 years later, Canine Americans and Feline Americans are still waiting for a department catering to their needs to be created.