Your take on the DoE?

I am a foreigner who is encountering an increasingly large amount of news about the United States’ Department of Education. What is your take on it potentially getting shut down?

I’m aware it has been talked about for ages, off and on, and people are fired up over this issue, but there’s not much debate with reasoned arguments either way that is recent, that I’ve seen.

Here are my main questions:

What was the original purpose of the Department of Education, and how much has that deviated since its inception?

To what extent is the department of education successful (or unsuccessful) in its purpose, whatever that may be, and why? Was it always this way?

If it’s unsuccessful, what could be done to improve it?

If it’s successful, what are the primary motivations for its removal?

I’d like to dig under the surface and get your opinions.

I imagine this issue has frequently been a hot topic for this sub and adjacent, so if you have any insightful references don’t hesitate to link them.

Apologies in advance for my ignorance, I am starting from nearly zero in this foreign issue.

Submitted February 12, 2025 at 06:22AM by GEGEEZI https://ift.tt/k4GLDOi