• NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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    34 minutes ago

    I can’t wait for the poorest states (which are all red) to go bankrupt because parents can’t go to work because their schools all closed.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Get ready for bible belt motherfuckers to be even dumber and there to be no standardized anything. What’s the point of having a federal government if you aren’t going to federalize important things like education?

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    They’re going to be disappointed when they find out the education department is basically just student loans and doesn’t set education policy for K-12 education. They distribute grants to K-12 schools but actual policy is mostly a state and local thing.

    Also, they run a continuing education system in DC. I took a course in Mandarin before a trip to China once. I didn’t work for the government but there were classmates learning Mandarin for national security reasons who wouldn’t even tell me which agency they worked for.

    TL/DR: The Department of Education isn’t setting policy for elementary or middle or high schools.