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...under your choice from among the umpteen presidential candidates on the ballots this fall.
What changes/programs/notions would you recommend to your boss, the President of the United States?
What support would you give for your position, to make it easier for him to get it through Congress or, if not that, to at least convince the American people that your notions are the way to go?
...under your choice from among the umpteen presidential candidates on the ballots this fall.
What changes/programs/notions would you recommend to your boss, the President of the United States?
What support would you give for your position, to make it easier for him to get it through Congress or, if not that, to at least convince the American people that your notions are the way to go?
After getting rid of No Child Left Behind, I think it would be great to have uniform standards across the country, like England with A-Levels. And the next thing would be to help middle class and poor families with college costs.
After getting rid of No Child Left Behind, I think it would be great to have uniform standards across the country, like England with A-Levels. And the next thing would be to help middle class and poor families with college costs.
Congratulations! You've convinced President McBama to eliminate NCLB, even though that was not one of his campaign promises. You raise the notion of uniform standards across the country at a Cabinet meeting, and the Attorney General of the United States, who is sitting across from you says:
"Well, it's a lovely notion, but there really isn't a hook to hang that hat on, as far as the U.S. Constitution is concerned. About the best we can do is threaten to withhold grant money from those states that do not go along with this notion."
The Secretary of the Treasury looks over her glasses and asks "How much is changing everybody's standards going to take out of our budget? After all, President McBama promised "no unfunded mandates!"
We didn't have a Department of Education until 1979. We didn't even have a cabinet level department to deal with education a quarter century before that (except briefly after the Civil War).
I would devolve responsibility for educating kids back to the states, since it is clearly not one of those powers delegated to the federal government by the people.
The funds from the Elementary and Secondary Education Acts could be administered by an executive Office of Education which I would put under Health and Human Services. Head Start is a Health and Human Services program so it wouldn't be effected.
So, for example, the requirements that SPED students be taught should go away, in your opinion?
What about Title IX? Title I? Head Start? Would you ditch all of them?
That's up to the states to decide. It's not a national issue.
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