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The Feds Bypass the State and Come Directly to Districts Asking Them To Commit To Federal Goals

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The reality of what is occurring In the 15,880 schools districts- here is Missouri: The Feds Bypass the State and Come Directly to Districts Asking Them To Commit To Federal Goals. these questions are raised: why doesn't the U.S. Department of Education know about the tenth amendment to the Constitution? Why, under Arne Duncan, is the DOE unaware of federalism? Why is the DOE constantly overstepping its bounds, trying to impose its ideas not only on states but on districts? Don't the leaders and lawyers know that they are breaking the law? The law is clear: no employee of the U.S. government is supposed to influence, control or direct the curriculum or instruction in the nation's public schools. Democrats and Republicans agreed on that provision; neither wanted the other to interfere in what is a state and local responsibility....
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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