{"id":5498,"date":"2024-12-10T16:07:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=5498"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:07:14","slug":"abolishing-the-department-of-education-will-not-be-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/abolishing-the-department-of-education-will-not-be-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Abolishing the Department of Education will not be easy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"2851\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/five-reasons-why-you-cant-judge-a-congress-by-counting-laws\/the-hill-newspaper\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"850,315\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Hill Newspaper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper-300x111.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper.jpg 850w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Hill-Newspaper-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a conservative, I can sympathize with the Republicans and conservatives who wish to abolish the U.S. Department of Education.\u00a0The Constitution does not empower the federal government to fund schooling. For much of our nation\u2019s history, what children needed to know was a matter left to parents, localities and eventually states&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/education\/5030300-abolishing-education-department-trump\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a conservative, I can sympathize with the Republicans and conservatives who wish to abolish the U.S. Department of Education.\u00a0The Constitution does not empower the federal government to fund schooling. For much of our nation\u2019s history, what children needed to know was a matter left to parents, localities and eventually states&#8230;. 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