Posted by
Tim Blessing on Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:47:08 PM
Do we need the Dept of Education at the Federal Level?
It has no purpose from what I can see, except to spend money.
I always thought education was a state and local responsibility.
Somewhere it became a Federal Responsibility.
I did not have a fun time in Public Education, but it is a national institution.
We've tried a number of approaches at the Federal Level with no success.
There is an option that hasn't been used since Reagan cut it off: Revenue Sharing.
Why not role the education function of the Federal Government into another department. Let a smaller bureaucracy distribute money to the Governors since they are closer to the issue.
You reduce bureaucracy costs, cut the federal red tape, and give the Governors a bonanza in federal money to use at their discretion.
Revenue Sharing instead of Federal Intrusion through regulation.