AlBUNDY4TDS Posted July 16 Posted July 16 4 hours ago, ChiGoose said: So screw kids with disabilities or development delays, or in low-income households / areas? Stop enforcing civil rights in the education space? It really feels like much of MAGA is "I don't like the status quo but instead of trying to actually fix anything, I'd like to burn the house to the ground and make everything worse." Yes let's please keep doing something that clearly isn't working.
JDHillFan Posted July 16 Posted July 16 1 minute ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said: Yes let's please keep doing something that clearly isn't working. We just need to increase its budget. That’s the ticket!
ChiGoose Posted July 16 Posted July 16 26 minutes ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said: Yes let's please keep doing something that clearly isn't working. You think Early Intervention doesn’t work? Head Start? IEPs?
JDHillFan Posted July 16 Posted July 16 24 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: You think Early Intervention doesn’t work? Head Start? IEPs? Head Start is not part of the Dept of Education. Early Intervention is administered at the state level. Laying off bureaucrats in Washington has no impact on either of these things. American students have been repeatedly failed by Washington over the last several decades regardless of the party in control of government. Time for a new approach. Let’s see how the states do. Seemed to work well enough prior to the feds unsuccessfully attempting to save the day.
ChiGoose Posted July 16 Posted July 16 19 minutes ago, JDHillFan said: Head Start is not part of the Dept of Education. Early Intervention is administered at the state level. Laying off bureaucrats in Washington has no impact on either of these things. American students have been repeatedly failed by Washington over the last several decades regardless of the party in control of government. Time for a new approach. Let’s see how the states do. Seemed to work well enough prior to the feds unsuccessfully attempting to save the day. The MAGA lie here is that they have a plan to transition these programs to the states. They don't. They're just getting rid of the people who ensure that the programs are meeting kids' needs and letting it all fall to the wind. Sure, some states may step in to close the gaps, but many can't or won't. And the kids in those states will suffer because of it. They could have proposed a plan to transition programs, to ensure there won't be negative externalities, but they didn't. Because they don't care. "Let's see how the states do" is just "I don't give a damn about other people's kids as long as I get mine." Interesting idea that this all "Seemed to work well enough prior to the feds unsuccessfully attempting to save the day" when the point of the Feds coming in is that states were violating students civil rights and not providing help of those in need. The bottom line is that they have zero solutions. Anything they don't like, they'll burn to the ground and let other people sort out, no matter the consequences. 1
Homelander Posted July 16 Posted July 16 50 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: The MAGA lie here is that they have a plan to transition these programs to the states. They don't. They're just getting rid of the people who ensure that the programs are meeting kids' needs and letting it all fall to the wind. Sure, some states may step in to close the gaps, but many can't or won't. And the kids in those states will suffer because of it. They could have proposed a plan to transition programs, to ensure there won't be negative externalities, but they didn't. Because they don't care. "Let's see how the states do" is just "I don't give a damn about other people's kids as long as I get mine." Interesting idea that this all "Seemed to work well enough prior to the feds unsuccessfully attempting to save the day" when the point of the Feds coming in is that states were violating students civil rights and not providing help of those in need. The bottom line is that they have zero solutions. Anything they don't like, they'll burn to the ground and let other people sort out, no matter the consequences. I completely agree. We saw the damage under Trump 1.0 - reckless cuts that caused real harm, even death. Now Trump 2.0 is back, gutting the federal government again, and this time it’s vulnerable kids who’ll suffer. 1
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