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Trump signs order to dismantle US education department
Both sides are presenting the issue differently creating confusion.
Many Misconceptions-
1. The Department of Education did not exist before president Carter set it up in 1976.
2. It does not run Education in the US. It mostly administers student financial aid programs. These could be run by the Department of Treasury where they belong.
3. Reagan called the education department as creating "a bureaucratic boontoggle."
4. The goal of Republicans is to take education back to the states. Well run states can then run it better than by one agency setting rules and responsibility lying in the states anyway, but creating a perception of diffused responsibility so that no one can be held accountable for the woeful state of American education. Math and reading comprehension skills for students 8-15 years at different grade levels from 4th grade are dismal. US ranks low across developed countries in math and reading comprehension skills.
5. It is about sending education back to the states and parents where it belongs. Once states compete there will be an effort to copy the initiatives of states delivering better results in math and reading comprehension.
6. Lyrarc Movement for Global Literacy is for creating high levels of ability in math and reading for children 7 to 16 years for strong foundational skills.
7. Everything starts with parents and a home that nurtures these skills and a home environment that is supportive and this can be possible across income groups given the motivation and seriousness.
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