[tadfisher]

US legislators have almost no say in how schools are run. The DoE is a husk, and states call the shots. In my state of Oregon, you will have wildly different curricula and standards depending on your district, because there's almost no state oversight either.

[solid_fuel]

They made a choice - US legislators effectively gave up their control of how schools are run when the conservative coalition allowed the trump administration to dismantle the DoE without congressional approval. Congress itself could legally retain control of education, but if congress refuses to assert that power then it is meaningless.

The end goal is to dismantle public education and route public money to religious and private schools.

[gpt5]

No - US always delegated education policy decision locally. Not just the state level, but the local district has the most amount of control. Nothing material here has changed in the last few years.

[solid_fuel]

> Nothing material here has changed in the last few years.

Bald faced lies from you, nothing surprising here. I could take the time in explaining how state and federal responsibilities are divided, I could go through the history of the Department of Education and how funding for schools works in the US. I could point to dozens of examples of you being wrong from any decade in the last century, from de-segregation to "no child left behind".

But there's no point, since you're just a troll and not here for a real discussion. No one interested in a sincere exchange of ideas would start from such a stupid premise. So you can go ahead and look through my comment history all you want, and respond all you want, but it'll just make you mad and get you flagged.

You would be better served by finding a large rock to kick.

[gpt5]

Please do share how education policy has materially changed in the last couple of years instead of resorting to ad hominem attacks?

[cheesecakegood]

To be fair, the US has long followed a model prioritizing district-level control, this isn’t anything new.

[LastTrain]

Yes, that is what impotent means.