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Originally Posted by eleanorigby
I am not well-versed in the DoE, but surely we have it to thank for the GI Bill, the desegregation of our schools (don't insult us all by trying to say that the South would have desegregated on its own)* and and Title IX, which has changed the lives of so many American girls and others who need special ed, and the rise in math and science education in the 1960s to counter the Cold War and foster the Space Race.
Finally, it is the Federal Gment, if not the actual DoE, which enabled via legislation the land-grant universities, and at the other end of the spectrum, let's not forget Head Start, which WORKS to improve the reading and math abilities of disadvantaged children all over the country.
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Well see, that's the thing. Every single thing you mentioned -- no exceptions! -- either preceded the establishment of the Department of Education as a cabinet-level department and/or is not administered by that department.
Do you understand why a reasonable person might think that a whole bunch of things which existed without a cabinet-level Department of Education are not a good argument in favor of that department?