Sec of Education - Holy Moly

[T.M.P.]

A google search is more vetting than Trump's transtion team can muster apparently.

Her being the pick and her lack of character is not a bug, it's a feature. Creepers of a feather ..

 

[sweetsilence]

Yes we all remember you. The failed 'scientist'.

What username number is this? You in a battle with Farva?

Failed sciencetist? I never claimed I was

You're clearly a ******.

 

[ButHerEmails]

Her being the pick and her lack of character is not a bug, it's a feature. Creepers of a feather ..

Her lack of character isn’t a feature, it’s a virtue to their crowd.

 

[BadWakeboarder]

Oh, so she was on your short list as well. Top 5? 10? 1000?

Is the Repub goal to make government seem even more illegitimate?

Why don’t you tell us what the D of Ed should be doing and what is its value proposition?

 

[BradStevens]

Why don’t you tell us what the D of Ed should be doing and what is its value proposition?

1. It should work towards ensuring we have an educated citizen population in order to make a democracy work (I'm not even sure that's possible in a nation the size of ours, though).

2. It should be funding and guiding research--actual, honest to god scientific research--into the best pedagogical methods for math and reading and later other subjects, along with the best, useful, and most efficient methods of evaluating students' and teachers' performance.

3. It should encourage the development of ideologically neutral curriculums that are engaging, rigorous, and informative.

4. It should be facilitating communication and cross-talk between K-12 schools and the trades and other, non-academic job settings to ensure education can turn out good citizens, ensure the nation's leadership in being an educated and technological superpower, and provide people useful to the work force at all levels.

Regarding at least (2) and (3), it is downright silly to think that local school boards or administrators can do this on their own. It's more akin to an R&D problem that requires a long-term committment with no assurance of profitability.

 

[sweetsilence]

Yes we all remember you. The failed 'scientist'.

What username number is this? You in a battle with Farva?

Failed, not even close.
I got banned for making fun of the biggest douche @Bloom.

 

[BadWakeboarder]

1. It should work towards ensuring we have an educated citizen population in order to make a democracy work (I'm not even sure that's possible in a nation the size of ours, though).

2. It should be funding and guiding research--actual, honest to god scientific research--into the best pedagogical methods for math and reading and later other subjects, along with the best, useful, and most efficient methods of evaluating students' and teachers' performance.

3. It should encourage the development of ideologically neutral curriculums that are engaging, rigorous, and informative.

4. It should be facilitating communication and cross-talk between K-12 schools and the trades and other, non-academic job settings to ensure education can turn out good citizens, ensure the nation's leadership in being an educated and technological superpower, and provide people useful to the work force at all levels.

Regarding at least (2) and (3), it is downright silly to think that local school boards or administrators can do this on their own. It's more akin to an R&D problem that requires a long-term committment with no assurance of profitability.

What should the D of Ed be doing that the states don’t do? Education is state driven because we are a republic and not a unitary democracy - Always has been always will be.

So again, what do we need to D of Ed at a federal level to do? To do your #3, it’d have to be huge and would trample over the states. #1 is a fantastical dream.

 

[snarlcakes]

1. It should work towards ensuring we have an educated citizen population in order to make a democracy work (I'm not even sure that's possible in a nation the size of ours, though).

2. It should be funding and guiding research--actual, honest to god scientific research--into the best pedagogical methods for math and reading and later other subjects, along with the best, useful, and most efficient methods of evaluating students' and teachers' performance.

3. It should encourage the development of ideologically neutral curriculums that are engaging, rigorous, and informative.

4. It should be facilitating communication and cross-talk between K-12 schools and the trades and other, non-academic job settings to ensure education can turn out good citizens, ensure the nation's leadership in being an educated and technological superpower, and provide people useful to the work force at all levels.

Regarding at least (2) and (3), it is downright silly to think that local school boards or administrators can do this on their own. It's more akin to an R&D problem that requires a long-term committment with no assurance of profitability.

No, it shouldn’t be do anything of those things. The states are fully capable of running K-12 education. Also, teachers, administrators, and local school boards are the exact people I want driving/choosing 2 (I’m fine with the state or private market driving it as well) and 3.

 

[hoot1]

I agree with them wholeheartedly.

The Dept. of Education has been a massive failure. Education is clearly an issue better handled by the states, or even better by local jurisdictions.

We measure our education by global reporting agency ratings and conclude our system is a massive failure.

We then blame the federal Department of Education for the failure while touting our system as primarily run by state and local governments.

So we trust the analysis and reporting of various agencies which are attempting the difficult task of ranking the education of countries around the world, but want to eliminate our own Department of Education which among other things has been measuring our educational progress since 1969 using NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress).

 

[BradStevens]

No, it shouldn’t be do anything of those things. The states are fully capable of running K-12 education. Also, teachers, administrators, and local school boards are the exact people I want driving/choosing 2 (I’m fine with the state or private market driving it as well) and 3.

Why do you trust the local politicians in Mississippi, Indiana, Alabama, et al. to figure out the best pedagogic methods, curriculum, etc. but not the people in Washington?