The Department of Education is a United States executive department which was establish in 1980. This Department is the third largest discretionary budget beside of that, it has a small staff. The Department of Education is represented by Betsy Devos who is actually the secretary. Along the way, we are going to demonstrate in the federal government, where the money come from and how much influence the federal government have over the cost of education? Also what could thy do.
Connect: the concept map is connect through what i am working on which is why haven’t we fixed the cost of high education by the federal government role.
This graphic ties into my argument because the department of education is part of the executive branch. The executive have an authority on education.
According to the U.S News, “government spending on education has surged over the last decade and a half, with money being funneled to federal programs for low-income students, students with disabilities and a slate of competitions that the Obama administration launched through the economic stimilus package. Since 2002, federal funding for education has increased by 36 percent, from $50 billion to $68 billion, according to an analysis by the Committee for Education Funding, a District of Columbia-based advocacy organization. It peaked in 2009 at $97 million, thanks to an injection of dollars from the economic stimulus, most of which went to staving off teacher layoffs”. https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2016/01/14/federal-funding-where-does-the-money-go.
In addition to that we can say that in the federal government the money for education come from the Congress. According to “American Government” (p 53), Congress has the power to make laws such as borrow money, grant parents, and copyright.
If we ask ourselves how much influence the federal government have over the cost of education, we can say that based on Find a Lawyer, “The federal government also influences education by allocating funding only to those school districts that follow certain federal guidelines. Roughly three percent of the federal budget is spent on education as of 2017 – a small proportion, of course, but in many years this amounts to billions of dollars. Most of this money goes toward assistance programs for children with disabilities. The rest of the money is distributed to school districts under the every student succeeds act”. https://education.findlaw.com/curriculum-standards-school-funding/the roles-of-federal-and-state-governments-in-education.
Reflect: Convincing congress to spend more on education is already a tough task as it is. I think the more realistic solution to getting free higher education would be to start increasing taxes to the public, that way congress doesn’t go over the budget, or worse, remove funding from another part of government to fund for higher education.
Suggestion: I agree that the department of education has a small staff. But you should explain more on why this contributes to your argument. For example instead of saying “This Department is the third largest discretionary budget beside of that, it has a small staff. The Department of Education is represented by Betsy Devos who is actually the secretary” you can change it to Betsy Devos the secretary of the department of education, has been decreasing the size of the department and has been leaving loan companies in charge of the department it’s been shown that The department of education hasn’t been keeping up with loan campaniles. (https://thefederalist.com/2019/02/19/federal-report-finds-u-s-department-education-massive-failure/).
This can help understand more the department of education what it does and what’s wrong with it.
Reflection: It’s an interesting blog that talks about the influence of federal authority in education and where the money comes from. I like it when you start talking about the executive authority because I didn’t realize the importance and power they had when coming to education.
Inquire: I like that you speak about the executive branch, and quoting your resourses. I just would like for you to talk about more on why they cant actually pass it and your view on why they cant actually pass it. This is a good link that talks about why it really hasnt passed https://alcalde.texasexes.org/2019/01/looking-at-higher-education-funding-in-texas-and-how-we-got-here/