[cradle of freedom]

The Department of Education was supposed to be Jimmy Carter’s gift to the teachers union. We don’t need the department of education. We have local school committees and state boards of education so why do we need three layers of educational controls? By the way, what does the Education part of the Health, Education and Welfare actually do? Since we have had this since around Roosevelts’ time what great accomplishments has it achieved?

[GingisK]

There is some need to standardize the content in order to maintain the highest level of education, both within the United States and compared to the rest of the world. Left to themselves, some states were not providing a meaningful education.

If you think schools in Louisiana teach to the same level as those in Massachusetts, guess again. It is absolutely necessary to establish standards; and, that happens to be one of the purposes of government enumerated in the Constitution.

[Howie66]

The simple FACT of the matter is that the Federal Government has NO LEGITIMATE purpose at all when it comes to the education of OUR children. The Department of Education needs to be shut down and disbanded altogether.