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Breaking the Public School Monopoly on
Education Overdue

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 7/23/2025 6:14:25 AM

The Trump administration has been pursuing, on two fronts, the critical objective of fixing America's broken education system. One, an executive order by President Donald Trump, issued shortly after he assumed office, is to dismantle the Department of Education. Outright closing of the department is only possible by an act of Congress. However, the president is moving to accomplish the same objective administratively by closing down offices and major staff elimination. The Supreme Court recently upheld the president's authority to do this.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: ARKfamily 7/23/2025 9:04:46 AM (No. 1981431)
Way, way overdue.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: stablemoney 7/23/2025 10:09:49 AM (No. 1981480)
The public schools, a local study. Houston Independent School District was taken over by the state 2 years ago for stealing school funds, inability of any graduates to pass an elementary exam or others to graduate, and teachers with teaching certificates where others were paid to take the exam for them. That is the largest school in the Houston area. Head to Northwest Houston area and the results are far worse. Teachers are afraid of their students in the current state of public schools, and generally avoid them.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Strike3 7/23/2025 11:10:29 AM (No. 1981516)
We need to make a bold move by allowing private schools to charge reasonable tuition and exempt parents who pay public school taxes from paying that tax while their children are in private school. Allowing teachers to teach without a teaching degree should also be allowed (as well as preferred) if they are smart, capable people who focus on core subjects and discipline. The teachers unions are our biggest obstacle and our universities are second in their fear of losing their monopoly and their right to produce students with inferior educations. Our performance in world-wide comparison is embarrassing.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: anniebc 7/23/2025 11:51:28 PM (No. 1981800)
I don't think I should have to pay property taxes to pay for public education. It's so socialist.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: mifla 7/25/2025 7:15:56 AM (No. 1982204)
Close down all the offices, lay off all the employees and the DoE will exist in name only.
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