What Trump's Win Means for Education

time.com What Trump's Win Means for Education

Trump has pledged to dismantle the Department of Education, among other things.

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Kamala Harris state has the lowest test scores in the United States as well as the lowest literacy rates, I don’t think education is going to change that much. Public school education in America is just a glorified baby sitting gig, it’s trash and will remain trash. Those who are lucky enough to go to college and get a real degree will be the only beneficiaries of American education
- You ever wondered why it is that public education is pretty poor in California? Because one of the top reasons has to be lack of funding. How could California have shitty school funding and pricey real estate at the same time? (You'd ask if you were better educated and more curious.) Well it turns out that California has proposition 13 in place which makes it so that taxes on real estate are capped and move up very little.
  This state of affairs is so unsustainable that in new suburban developments they have had to instate local property taxes (aka Mello-Roos) in order to make up the gap in funding. In areas where the properties are older (much of the cities and state) and don't fall under those new tax zones, you have multimillionaire landlords that bought property in 1980 paying hundreds of dollars in taxes per year...which is not exactly enough to fund flourishing schools.
- Project 2025 outlines dispanding the Department of Education, and you don't think education is going to change that much?? Truly a space cadet.
  
  The department of education provides funding and some guidance. How do they provide this funding? Based on test scores and student success. The department came about in 1980 and since has overseen the. Largest decrease in American literacy. The main reason is because they made schools “teach the test” in order to secure funding. While the roots of our modern education system go farther back to “create obedient factory workers” we have seen it erode even further under the DoE. Want to know when college prices started to grow out of control? Wow, surprise it directly correlates with the DoE starting to fund student loans! Broken clock right twice a day, blah, blah, blah
  
  What do you know about the initiatives barbara bush set up while in the white house?

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