One of them is to make sure the kids can't run around causing issues for the public while their parents work. Very important for keeping that tax revenue up for the middle class.
However the primary one is conditioning children for a existence as a corporate cog in a industrialized future as envisioned by educational leaders in the early 20th century. This conditioning takes many forms.
First off they need to be made comfortable being institutionalized. Meaning they must learn to accept bureaucratic authority and follow the rules even when they don't make much sense. They need to care about artificial scoring systems, arbitrary deadlines, regimented daily schedules, be used to not being in control of their own lives. They need to depend on their thinking and perception based on what higher ups desire, etc.
They also must be taught the rudimentary skills necessary for industrial workers. They need to be taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. They need to be able to follow directions, interpret orders correctly (ie: real literacy), create reports, measure things accurately, do basic math and all the other things necessary to work machines.
Of course this industrialized future as envisioned by 1920-1950s establishment never actually came into fruition. Especially after USA monetary policy destroyed the ability of the USA industry to compete internationally. So since the early 2000s the educational system has tried to rapidly change the focus to "STEM" for the "information economy".
Unfortunately being highly conditioned themselves and having no experience outside of educational establishment and government the bureaucrats in charge have absolutely no clue what it actually takes to be competitive in a modern economy. They can only guess. And guess poorly they do.
So, of course, it has turned into a disaster and it just keeps getting worse.
You have to work hard to fuck things up that badly. The DoE are not worth a damn and we do not need a federal three letter agency to tell states how to handle education as a single source of truth. We don't need education to be homogenized across 50 states. There is much more value in allowing state's to handle it on their own so we can have more comparative data points and states can adjust their curriculum accordingly. By that I mean we can experiment more with what works and doesn't work, and states can pick and choose which parts they want to adopt.
The left absolutely love the DoE because it forces states to adopt indoctrinating curriculum. The DoE can get fucked, however I think allowing state's to forge their own plan is much more aligned with Libertarian values.
Public education has always been controlling what is taught.
There has always been a few reasons.
One of them is to make sure the kids can't run around causing issues for the public while their parents work. Very important for keeping that tax revenue up for the middle class.
However the primary one is conditioning children for a existence as a corporate cog in a industrialized future as envisioned by educational leaders in the early 20th century. This conditioning takes many forms.
First off they need to be made comfortable being institutionalized. Meaning they must learn to accept bureaucratic authority and follow the rules even when they don't make much sense. They need to care about artificial scoring systems, arbitrary deadlines, regimented daily schedules, be used to not being in control of their own lives. They need to depend on their thinking and perception based on what higher ups desire, etc.
They also must be taught the rudimentary skills necessary for industrial workers. They need to be taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. They need to be able to follow directions, interpret orders correctly (ie: real literacy), create reports, measure things accurately, do basic math and all the other things necessary to work machines.
Of course this industrialized future as envisioned by 1920-1950s establishment never actually came into fruition. Especially after USA monetary policy destroyed the ability of the USA industry to compete internationally. So since the early 2000s the educational system has tried to rapidly change the focus to "STEM" for the "information economy".
Unfortunately being highly conditioned themselves and having no experience outside of educational establishment and government the bureaucrats in charge have absolutely no clue what it actually takes to be competitive in a modern economy. They can only guess. And guess poorly they do.
So, of course, it has turned into a disaster and it just keeps getting worse.
DoE was ace at controlling state curriculum by withholding federal funds unless schools adhered to several acts. State's aren't really free to use their own curriculum, and under the DoE we went from an internationally ranked 6th place position to 27th in education and few other markers.
You have to work hard to fuck things up that badly. The DoE are not worth a damn and we do not need a federal three letter agency to tell states how to handle education as a single source of truth. We don't need education to be homogenized across 50 states. There is much more value in allowing state's to handle it on their own so we can have more comparative data points and states can adjust their curriculum accordingly. By that I mean we can experiment more with what works and doesn't work, and states can pick and choose which parts they want to adopt.
Look who is leading the way ... Mississippi:
The ‘Mississippi Miracle’ shows a path to expanding education opportunity
Mississippi shows way on education
Bob Griffin: The Mississippi education miracle
The left absolutely love the DoE because it forces states to adopt indoctrinating curriculum. The DoE can get fucked, however I think allowing state's to forge their own plan is much more aligned with Libertarian values.
Yes.
It's not even education. It's all about indoctrination.
Damn bro that's deep