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The department, established in 1867, faced opposition from congressmen who associated it with education for the formerly enslaved.
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Kaboom@reddthat.com 1 week agoIt was founded in 1980. It’s not exactly an ancient institution, the power would go back to the states.
SGforce@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 week ago
That’s a different iteration.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 1 week ago
That’s odd. Wikipedia has it at 1980. …wikipedia.org/…/United_States_Department_of_Educ…
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 week ago
We’ve all seen how red states run their education departments even when there are guidelines they have to follow. They just funnel all the public tax dollars into private schools and let the plebs wallow in idiocy.
redut_nl@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 1 week ago
Have no idea how accurate that comment is, but could very well be true. If DOGE does a good job (and I hope it will) - it shouldn’t only piss off the left wing bureaucrats.
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 week ago
They’re not. Everything DOGE is doing has been illegal. And they’re just removing money that provides services going to US so that Elon can give himself $400million contracts for his shitty truck that falls apart.
He’s manipulating you. Stop falling for it.
redut_nl@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 1 week ago
Yeah. Richest man in the world is spending all this time to gather a few more millions. You’re delusional. I follow the guy on X and it is 🍿 time every day. He is very responsive there and also responses to critique - great time to be alive 😁
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 week ago
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And no consistency means a unreliable workforce.
My company struggles with hiring people because the employment pool in the southern states can’t do math. Like no joking they had to local training on fractions so they can do their jobs. That’s embarrassing as a country.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 1 week ago
I honestly really doubt that. Yeah, there’s dumb ssses, sure, there’s people who don’t understand fractions, absolutely, stupid people exist, but to the extent that you have a hard time finding someone who can? No, I don’t believe you.
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 week ago
You’re literally arguing that making those people who don’t understand those things more common won’t be bad because you can still find some who aren’t morons. As if failing to educate more people won’t be a bad thing in and out itself.
More incompetent people means less competent ones. More incompetent people means more stress on welfare programs, lower average wages (which puts stress on the stability of your social security).
At least try to think one or two steps through the consequences of your own stances…
cheers_queers@lemm.ee 1 week ago
you’re maliciously ignorant. my partner used to be a recruiter for the largest hiring corp in our area. she’s had to fire people because they couldn’t read. like, at all.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 1 week ago
And you’re a random person on the internet just like me. I simply don’t believe you. Even homeless people know how to read and write.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 week ago
That’s the pool in the area, its that bad. They didn’t bring in that many people from the old factory and hired local. Plus the location has such poor education that no one with kids wants to move in even though the housing is dirt cheap comparably. In fact people have been transferring out when their kids are old enough which is leading to management staffing issues. Pretty unexpected turn of events.