I taught Physics for 25 years at two nicer school districts and was an instructor for 15 years at an academic summer camp for genius children.  There is objective evidence that I was an excellent teacher.  Also, I can discuss education forever, so an effort will be made to keep this post limited to the federal Department of Education.

The budget for the federal Department of Education (DoED), is 268 billion dollars.  There are 54 million students in k-12 schools.  The DoED spends $5000 per student, but doesn’t have any students.

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