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Why did the federal govt feel the need to create a dept of education in the first place?

Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:40 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:40 pm
Up until 1980, it did not exist.

What was happening in the schools that caused congress to want a federal dept to fix/address?

Posted by Big Chipper
Charlotte, NC
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:40 pm to
Jimmy Carter
Posted by JCdawg
Member since Sep 2014
8339 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:41 pm to
Same reason they create every other worthless beurocracy, as a way to distribute money to shell companies owned by family and friends.
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:42 pm to
The dems wanted to completely control education of our youth.

Obvioously.
Posted by Champs
Geaux Tigers
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Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:42 pm to
$$
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
70135 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:43 pm to
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Why did the federal govt feel the need to create a dept of education in the first place?

It must be because The Communist Manifesto directs them to do so.

It has to be, because the Constitution sure as shite doesn't tell them to.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
132598 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:43 pm to
Some bull shite reasons by Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy and the Democrat Party said the Department of Education would do great things for education in the U.S. but it's primary purpose was a Democrat Party grift of American tax payers.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
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Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:43 pm to
Strictly from memory, I think it was about the inequality of school districts. Rich districts had great schools and poor districts did not. But the reason for that is not money. It's IQ. Rich people have higher IQs than people on welfare. Their children inherit IQ from genes. You can't fix it with a federal dept.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:45 pm to
Power and indoctrination. For the same reason that every other institution has been centralized to the Federal Government over the past 60 years. It puts more and more power into the hands of unelected bureaucrats. Less control at the local level.
Posted by Keltic Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2006
20480 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:50 pm to
"Unelected bureaucrats" = unions".
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
60592 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:52 pm to
quote:

Up until 1980, it did not exist.


It kind of did but was part of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which was created in 1953.
Posted by Dolphinepride
Member since Oct 2024
110 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:56 pm to
Why do rich people have higher IQ? What genes makes them smarter?
Posted by AubieinNC2009
Mountain NC
Member since Dec 2018
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Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:57 pm to
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You can't fix it with a federal dept.


sure they fixed it. Brought the good schools down to the lower schools level and evened them all out
Posted by UcobiaA
The Gump
Member since Nov 2010
3867 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:57 pm to
The NEA endorsed Carter, their first ever endorsement. They wanted it created and Carter did it as a payoff.
Posted by Tigahs24Seven
Communist USA
Member since Nov 2007
13177 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 3:59 pm to
To centrally brainwash all kids at once...duh.
Posted by theballguy
Member since Oct 2011
18215 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 4:00 pm to
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Why did the federal govt feel the need to create a dept of education in the first place?



Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi ... if we're being honest.

But if not, yeah no need for a department of education.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
31919 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 4:01 pm to
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Why do rich people have higher IQ? What genes makes them smarter?


The rich gene
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
60565 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 4:03 pm to
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Why did the federal govt feel the need to create a dept of education in the first place?
Easiest way to morph schools into indoctrination centers. Look around. It’s “worked” really well.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
115563 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 4:03 pm to
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Why do rich people have higher IQ? What genes makes them smarter?

It's all explained in The Bell Curve. Identical twins separately adopted after birth by 2 different families. One rich and one poor family. 40 years later those twins (who never knew each other) had the same net worth. Their environment had no effect on their outcome. Their IQ from birth determined success.
Posted by Dolphinepride
Member since Oct 2024
110 posts
Posted on 3/20/25 at 4:15 pm to
Are we not sure that twins are not just geniuses?
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