Originally Posted by DudeRick

Maybe because...

?Every state in the US already has a Department of Education there is no reason for duplication at the Federal level, especially since there is no authority in the US Constitution for the Federal Government to be involved in education.

What are the benefits of eliminating the Department of Education?

More tax dollars would get to the schools instead of being eaten up by bureaucracy.

Lets follow a Tax Dollar in it's trip through the US DOE to the local school district.

1. Right off the top 25 cents goes to administrative costs.
2. State DOE's and or districts have to file paperwork to get the money from the US DOE there goes another 10 cents for administrative costs.
3. Every US DOE funding program contains unfunded mandates. Local school districts not only have to comply with those mandates (25 to 35 cents) but document compliance (10 to 15 cents in administrative costs).

So how much of that dollar finally gets to the school and benefits the student?

about 30 cents!

Eliminate the US DOE, Unfunded Mandates etc. and how much of the dollar actually gets to the school to benefit the students?

about 80 cents!

If the goal is to get the funding where it will do the most good - to the students dumping the US DOE makes the most sense.

What are the alternatives?

Alternatives, why does there need to be an alternative? The US Department of Education did not become a Cabinet level agency until 1980...

There was no Department of Education during the Industrial Revolution, The US Put a man on the moon without the Department of Education in fact the US was a world leader in both Technological development and innovation before the existence of the US Department of Education.

During the 30 years since the formation of the US Department of Education the cost of education has gone up, the quality of education has gone down and the US position as a world leader in discovery, technology and innovation has declined.