No, I didn't. A bit before my time. I do know that correlation does not imply causation - a lot has changed since 1979. But I suspect that things need to change if we want them to get better. Could also get far worse. Public schools around here seem to depend on that federal funding. Can't imagine them surviving without it.
You do know that the Department of Education didn’t exist until 1979, right?
Yet we still had a public school system, and kids got an infinitely better education than they do now.
No, I didn't. A bit before my time. I do know that correlation does not imply causation - a lot has changed since 1979. But I suspect that things need to change if we want them to get better. Could also get far worse. Public schools around here seem to depend on that federal funding. Can't imagine them surviving without it.