Indiana’s Secretary of Education, Katie Jenner, has responded to President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. She believes it will help the state provide high-quality education for all students.
Several state governors, including Indiana Gov. Mike Braun, attended the ceremony where Trump announced the order.
Other elected leaders from Indiana expressed support for the order, believing it will empower parents and local communities in education decisions. However, Democratic Representative Andre Carson opposes the plan, arguing that federal oversight is crucial for ensuring quality and equity in education nationwide.
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This truly is a great thing for the state.
Having taught in a successful Title I reading program which was downsized under the Regan administration due to funding cuts, I know the pain of seeing children ripped from services which were producing documented growth in reading.(Three normed curve equivalents per year in the program, for those with math skills). The teachers worked hard; the kids worked hard. The funds wouldn’t stretch far enough to reach middle school kids who had been tossed out of the program.
Now each state, if really serious about the children’s growth, will have to hire it’s own skilled test developers, analysts, compliance evaluators, and data experts. That’s just shifting the increased costs to states. If not serious about children, states will be focusing on hot button political topics and vote-getting scare stories which will funnel money to the top, not to the children, who just need a system which will put competent teachers and
needy students together in a safe, well-equipped learning environment.
Creating a bureaucracy over anything will only increase the costs and create nothing of use. Shut them down.