Well, education as a public good had a nice run. Not that it has been in particularly good shape in this country, but we have blueprints from other countries on how to improve it.
Instead we have a completely inexperienced person in control of $60bil+ because she paid off Congress. Seems par for the course these days.
Fortunately, most public school policy funding occurs at the state and local levels as compared to the federal level.
DeVos is and remains exceedingly unqualified for the position. She's literally never been taught or been taught in a public school in the entirety of her life. Her B.S. is in poly sci.
Her brother founded what was once known as Blackwater, the same Blackwater that murdered civilians in Iraq. Her husband is heir to the Amway fortune, a name quite prominent in the multi-level marketing community. They also donated 200 million USD to Republican campaigns and causes.
I think the public school system in this country is terrible. Personally excited to see some radical changes and ready to give this a chance.
Too much bureaucracy, institutionalization, unionization and inertia going on. Extremely strange and inconsistent funding/taxation patterns and complete lack of oversight or accountability has been the norm for 30+ years.
As with most events that have occurred since Trump took the presidency, I am concerned, but optimistic. She has my full support, I hope she makes great changes to a system that desperately needs it.
The Democrats removed the 60 vote requirement to break all filibusters for all appointments excluding SCOTUS appointments. It is turning around to bite them in the butt.
"Back in 2013, then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid changed the Senate’s filibuster rules so presidential Cabinet nominees only required 51 votes, rather than 60, to be confirmed."
I've also noticed that most of my Facebook friends quickly forget that the guy their hero Obama appointed did a terrible job and the teachers unions demanded he resign, which he later did.
They won't even give DeVos a chance, and most of them, it's because Obama didn't pick her.
Glad to see this happening. The federal government needs to completely get out of education. A good first step would be to dismantle the Department of Education.
Further inequality between states in the union will only continue to benefit the current ruling bodies, unless the states can come up with some way to shelter their populations (shrink the federal government someway/how). Unfortunately, not all the states see it yet.
Eventually it will come to the point where some of them will question the union at all—as an outsider I look forward to the independent states movements gaining stronger footholds.
llamataboot|9 years ago
Instead we have a completely inexperienced person in control of $60bil+ because she paid off Congress. Seems par for the course these days.
ComradeTaco|9 years ago
DeVos is and remains exceedingly unqualified for the position. She's literally never been taught or been taught in a public school in the entirety of her life. Her B.S. is in poly sci.
Her brother founded what was once known as Blackwater, the same Blackwater that murdered civilians in Iraq. Her husband is heir to the Amway fortune, a name quite prominent in the multi-level marketing community. They also donated 200 million USD to Republican campaigns and causes.
Absolutely absurd.
danielvf|9 years ago
ethanpil|9 years ago
Too much bureaucracy, institutionalization, unionization and inertia going on. Extremely strange and inconsistent funding/taxation patterns and complete lack of oversight or accountability has been the norm for 30+ years.
Magicstatic|9 years ago
Flammy|9 years ago
vanattab|9 years ago
dcre|9 years ago
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/17/14251600/tr...
1wheel|9 years ago
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/4/donald-trumps...
jkimmel|9 years ago
The Senate was locked 50-50, in which case the Vice President becomes the deciding vote.
compuguy|9 years ago
swang|9 years ago
jrnichols|9 years ago
They won't even give DeVos a chance, and most of them, it's because Obama didn't pick her.
joshmn|9 years ago
kapauldo|9 years ago
mark_sz|9 years ago
singularity2001|9 years ago
maverick_iceman|9 years ago
xemoka|9 years ago
Eventually it will come to the point where some of them will question the union at all—as an outsider I look forward to the independent states movements gaining stronger footholds.