Tag Archives: Department of Education

"We're not top 10 in anything," said a former education secretary who is calling out politicians for creating a public education system that "runs on lies."

Given the current state of American public schools, it is no wonder that teenagers are turning to the internet and emulating the outrageous “role models” they find online.

Google's predictive search terms for education in America reveal a disturbing problem with how this country attempts to teach children how and what to learn.

If a parent did this to their own child they would go to jail -- but schools are legally torturing tens of thousands of kids for simple issues like homework.

Despite spending more money on education than any country in the world, the US comes in last in smarts.

From metal detectors to drug tests, from increased policing to all-seeing electronic surveillance, the public schools of the twenty-first century reflect a society that has become fixated on crime, security and violence.

by Jasper Craven MuckRock FOI Requests: Equipment Issued to Department of Education OIG Since October 2001, the enforcement wing of the Department of Education has issued Glock pistols to its special agents as a matter of course, according to documents obtained by MuckRock. The department has continued building out its …