[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Why not just abolish the whole Department?

Wouldn't bother me at all, but that's a whole other discussion.

. . . or not.

The Administration’s position should be, consent to a good SecEd - or watch the DoEd go bye-bye.

[wiseprince]

exactly. We can give the money back to the states without the DOE. That’s the deal. I hope he does this

[DoodleDawg]

The Administration’s position should be, consent to a good SecEd - or watch the DoEd go bye-bye.

If DeVos is the best he can do then go ahead and end the Department of Education right now.

[GCC Catholic]

Could that be the plan all along?

Nominate two or three candidates (of increasingly higher caliber) who support school choice, vouchers, and all the things the unions hate, knowing they won’t be approved... then declare Dept. of Ed. a lost cause and announce that he’s going to burn the whole thing down.

I’m strangely OK with that kind of 3D chess.