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Originally Posted by ryevermouthbitters
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.
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Desegregation, the GI Bill (for most Korean Vets) and Title IX were administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, from which the Education Department was spun off. So there was a cabinet-level agency handling educational policy from 1953 and on.
The Education Department was spun off separately in 1979, but its functions had been part of government long before that. It might be argued that it be folded back, but that really doesn't change anything.
While it's fine that state have some input, the idea that a student will get a better education in one state than another is hardly conducive to an educated populace.