US EditionEducation Department was born of banality, and it shows
- The U.S. Department of Education was created in 1979 following the National Education Association's 1976 endorsement of Jimmy Carter, who promised its establishment.
- This creation followed decades after the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act aimed to improve education by increasing federal funding, although the Coleman Report soon challenged its premise.
- Despite $2 trillion in federal K-12 spending since, reading scores in fourth and eighth grades remain unchanged over 33 years, and chronic absenteeism now defines the system's main problem.
- Only 24% of adults express satisfaction with public education—the lowest in 24 years—while support grows for charter schools and school choice programs opposed by teachers unions.
- These patterns highlight ongoing difficulties and widespread dissatisfaction, indicating that the department's impact on advancing education has been minimal throughout its existence over the past four and a half decades.
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Raisons d'être: Reasons for Education’s Existence and Reform
Commentary In sports, there’s a saying: “If the playbook has not been working, get another playbook or head coach.” I’m asked frequently, is it time for a reset or transformational change in the education of our children in California? My reply is overwhelmingly a positive response and is based on my 30 years’ experience as an elected county board of education member in the state. California leads the country or has higher-than-average homelessn…
The Virginian Pilot
Daily PressColumn: Public education needs teachers, not more administrators
Since its inception in 1979, the U.S. Department of Education has not directly educated students. Mathematics and reading scores are down in public schools despite per-pupil spending having increased by more than 245% since the 1970s, indicating that more spending does not mean better education. The growth of administrative demands within public schools has significant implications for both teachers and students. The number of district administr…
Will: Education Department was born of banality, and it shows
In 1977, millions of American tempers flared against the treaty giving Panama control of the canal that bisects its country. A bemused senator said: My state’s residents are of different races, ethnicities, religions and politics but are united in white-hot…
Mason City Globe Gazette
Education Department was born of banality, and it shows
Lament is widespread about the diminishment, perhaps to extinction, of the Education Department, though the lamenters cannot connect it with educational improvements since its founding nearly 46 years ago; there having been few, if any. Though the department has been…
The Post and Courier
The Education Department was born of banality, and it shows
In 1977, millions of American tempers flared against the treaty giving Panama control of the canal that bisects its country. A bemused senator said: My state’s residents are of different races, ethnicities, religions and politics but are united in white-hot…
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