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by seanp2k2 1593 days ago
Let us not forget Betsy DeVos’ wonderful impact https://www.npr.org/2020/11/19/936225974/the-legacy-of-educa...
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From what I understand her coworkers at the agency were all ideologically motivated to hate her and stonewall everything she did, so it was difficult to make progress. This was her philosophy:

> states and local districts should make education policy, not the U.S. government.

It would be a breath of fresh air for a philosophy like this to be implemented but you would have to fire everyone in the department of education and start over to actually get anything done.