"U.S. millennials post ‘abysmal’ scores in tech skills test, lag behind foreign peers

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Yes. Those two play big big roles. Example of education philosophy: The pass of the No Child Left Behind Act which reflects the world view of all of congress and the president because it passed all three branches. States had to abide by the fed's requirements to obtain federal money for education. Therefore, states lowered test scores to get free federal money. The world view is money>education. And, those that sit on the Board of Education, they select books for schools in their district that reflect the board's world view.

I will ask this: Why on earth do we even need a Federal Department of Education? Perhaps at one time it was a good idea. We have 50 states that all have their own Department of Education. This is an example where government grows and grows and the people lose. So now we have lowered our standards just to get federal money which really should have never left the states in the first place.