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Susan Engelman's avatar

States set the education standards on what needs to be covered in public schools. The individual school districts in the state choose the curriculum that will be taught in their district schools. What math & science programs will be used &@which level: Pre-K thru High School. What reading & writing program will be used @ which grade level. The federal government does not choose those things.

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Sharon Thomason's avatar

What you don’t seem to understand is that the Department of Education provides funding for Title I schools and for students with disabilities. In addition to funding, they also provide oversight to make sure that these schools and students are treated equitably. I taught, by choice, for 38 years in Title I schools and was proud that students with IEPs were often placed in my classroom because of the teaching methods I used. I know firsthand how much difference this federal funding and oversight make. I also taught children of migrant workers, and my goodness, the success stories I could tell you because of the special programs funded by the DoEd.

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Bonnie Council's avatar

Thank you. Teachers are the cornerstone of our very foundation. It's sad and outrageously unfair how badly they are treated and disrespected in this country. And to now have a president leading the assault is an absolute abomination.

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Chaiah's avatar

My daughter is very disabled (ASD, Schizoaffective Disorder, severe ADHD, a 30% lag in her temporal lobe so executive decision making is both to zero, language processing disorder (probably from her brain lag)…so I’m all too familiar. Our state stinks when it comes to helping children/adults with disabilities. It’ll stink more, now. Plus, she’ll lose her disability and getting her meds will be terribly difficult.

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Betty Amstutz Gerson's avatar

Oh, no! That is terrible. Luckily, I moved to Switzerland 50 years ago and my grandchild who is high on the autism spectrum has good medical support and attends a wonderful special school. Later, he will probably move into a home with professional care. BUT That is what you get if you move to a rotten Marxist country like Switzerland. Ha, ha! I wish my irony was funny, but it is sad.

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Elwyn's avatar

I did a student work/live in Switzerland many years ago. what a progressive and wonderful country! The educational system was remarkable. The US is beginning to loo like a third-world country, compared to educational and social standards of Switzerland and most European nations.

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Susan Engelman's avatar

Not sure what state ur in, but why would your state now say she’s not disabled & why would have trouble getting her meds now?

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Laurie Higgins's avatar

Except that Texas dictates which text books to use - in ALL subjects, including math. Listen to the podcast, “Teaching Texas”.

AND the DOE provides a LOT to the states, especially the poor ones. Please do some research.

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Chaiah's avatar

$ is provided to the states but the states dictate what’s taught. Texas legislators are idiots so that’s the education Texans get.

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Susan Engelman's avatar

I’m sorry that Texas does things different than WI, but your response is frankly rude & inappropriate!! Education is DONE BY STATES, they choose how Public Education will be run! I am happy to be born, raised in WI, as my husband & I plus our kids/ grandkids got a great education, as we choose a great school district for them to live in. My grandkids that are in Michigan & their parents chose an area w/ great schools! If Texas schools are ALL so bad, I WOULD MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE OR @ least ANOTHER CITY!!

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Laurie Higgins's avatar

Texas’ choice of textbooks dictates what textbooks are bought by all the states. Texas is the biggest buyer of textbooks so it controls the market of what is printed and sold throughout the country. I don’t live in TX. I’m willing to bet that textbooks in WI are the same ones sold in TX. And if they’re not, many, many other states and school districts by what Texas buys.

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Nana's avatar

Not Ca Texas doesn’t Dictate where we get our Books for our School District.

Where did you get this Type information? I find that as odd Statement.

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Susan Engelman's avatar

I thought the same thing. My grandkids in MI had different textbooks than the grandkids in WI. When I taught 5th grade we looked at a number of textbooks before we chose the ones we used.

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Susan Engelman's avatar

I ‘m not sure why all states would have to buy the textbooks that Texas chooses to print. But as I’m retired & was an elementary teacher, other than the 3 yrs I taught 5th grade we didn’t

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Susan Engelman's avatar

I was an elementary school teacher, not the purchaser of textbooks. Elementary children don’t have TEXTBOOKS! The teachers choose paperback reading books for their classroom libraries & to use in reading groups. Our science program was hands on activities - that did NOT REQUIRE TEXTBOOKS! Grades 1-3 had hands on science experiments & we did not teach social studies. That was taught in 4th & 5th grade. And the 3-4 yrs I taught 4th & 5th grade we did have Math, Science & Soc St Textbooks.

I didn’t teach middle or high school so have no idea what textbooks they may or may have not used!!

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SophieM's avatar

You appear to be incredibly ignorant about what exactly it is that the Department of Education does for the students of this country, regardless of your time spent teaching in elementary school. BTW, Elementary schools generally have math, science and English instructional texts. Teachers aren't picking them out willy nilly. You also don't seem to understand WHY the trump regime wants to kill every federal government agency or department, gut critical funding for education, and hollow out the majority of federal funding in order to benefit the billionaire oligarchs currently destroying the U.S. government. In fact, your idiotic comments repeat rightwing nonsense that only the states are in charge of education. If states lose federal funding, education in that state will suffer as a result. Funding for Special Ed and IEP's will be left up to individual states and those won't be the only cuts-even school lunch programs will be eliminated. Student college loans are also at risk, and many other programs (community colleges), that assist lower income students ability to access a college education. trump's regime wants to replace public education with privatized, extremist approved "Christian" patriotic whitewashed pablum. Educate yourself. It's all in fascist project 2025.

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Chuck's avatar

Scroll back up to Betty's comment to see JUST ONE example of what DOE does. Her grandchild deserves the best education , despite her disabilities. Fuck your "rude" remark.

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Susan Engelman's avatar

Right back @ yah, only person on the Thread to use the “f” word- surprised they didn’t bump

U off as they’ve been doing that lately👋

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SophieM's avatar

There was nothing "rude or inappropriate" about stating a fact about the demise of education in texas.

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Christopher Cosma's avatar

Good for you! You win!

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red slider's avatar

yeah, I've been following that shit for about 2 decades. This is a little paper I did on their textbook shenanigans in 2011,

www.poems4change.org/essays/texas-schoolboard-slavery.pdf

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Chuck's avatar

...but on the federal level the education department does much more than that. Do your own homework on that one. The Space NAZI sweeping in and decimating ANY government agency based on some bullshit made-up number is NOT the answer to anything. I WATCHED THE MEETING WHERE ORANGE HITLER TOLD HIS CABINET THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE COST SAVINGS WILL COME.. But of course, he turned to E-Don Muskratshit and in his net breath told him he's doing a great job.

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D. Charlene Magana's avatar

So true. The states do in fact set the rules for their schools.

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Lisa's avatar

That's why we need to get involved in the school boards. No more MAGA in there.

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Bill Warner's avatar

Exactly.

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Brant's avatar

what about how limited funding is dispersed?

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