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Sources: Growth Energy, The Detroit News

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RE: Stupid
By BRB29 on 7/2/2013 1:21:27 PM , Rating: 2
And the Department of Education does a lot more than just collect information. They tell schools what they should teach and aggressively push things like Common Core.

Yep, just like i can tell anyone to do anything. That doesn't mean much of anything when education is a state function and the state decides whatever they want. If the Dept of Ed is so powerful, it would be able to tell states to distribute funds properly because that's the biggest problem.

And states can't apportion money properly themselves for poor areas? If a state has clear bias then fine residents can sue for whatever reason they think the state isn't being fair. But unfairness doesn't mean that the federal government gets to step in and manage things unconstitutionally.

State laws says property tax in that area pays for that area's schools. It varies by states but it is usually by county or city.
I don't see anything unconstitutional about helping. What part of the constitution did they break?

Rich areas where people pay $30k+ a per household in property taxes is going to get a lot more for education than a place with only $500 per household in property taxes. Please tell me a better system or how you can make 50 individual states change their mind. Teachers/student ratios are a wide swing between rich and poor districts also.

Overall, they are doing a lot more good than harm. They should continue to exist until the states actually decide to properly fund education. But no state would want to do that now because if they properly fund it that means they have to use more of their money while other states don't have to. So blame the collective of local politicians that decide to not take care of their own.

Why doesn't people rise up and force the states change? because overall, there are more voters that are adequately satisfied with their kids' education than those that are not. Since poor people don't usually like to vote, their voice is mostly unheard. The solution for most people who wants their kids to have a good education is to move to a good school district or send them to a reputable charter/private school.

