Well, education as a public good had a nice run. Not that it has been in particularly good shape in this country, but we have blueprints from other countries on how to improve it.<p>Instead we have a completely inexperienced person in control of $60bil+ because she paid off Congress. Seems par for the course these days.
I think the public school system in this country is terrible. Personally excited to see some radical changes and ready to give this a chance.<p>Too much bureaucracy, institutionalization, unionization and inertia going on. Extremely strange and inconsistent funding/taxation patterns and complete lack of oversight or accountability has been the norm for 30+ years.
I've also noticed that most of my Facebook friends quickly forget that the guy their hero Obama appointed did a terrible job and the teachers unions demanded he resign, which he later did.<p>They won't even give DeVos a chance, and most of them, it's because Obama didn't pick her.
Glad to see this happening. The federal government needs to completely get out of education. A good first step would be to dismantle the Department of Education.