This is major and just another great example of the deception that is occurring in these last days. This is one of many things that is going on under the water or behind closed doors through regulation.
Just imagine if there was no other options but government-funded schools. The federal government has already, this year taken over all college loan programs. Which means they have total control over who goes to college.
Now they are after K-12.
Also, imagine what public school would be like if it had no competition from private schools, where would we be today. Any reform we have gotten, has been due to competition from private a parochial schools.
It is amazing how fast all of this power grab has happened.
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Political power up for grabs in education system
A former U.S. senator and current college president says the Department of Education’s attempt to implement new regulatory changes and subsequently limit the academic freedom of private institutions is “insidious” and “perverse.”
Colorado Christian University president Bill Armstrong fears all of higher education — public and private, religious and secular — could become federalized. As he explains in his column, “Stop plan to put colleges under political supervision,” the Department of Education has proposed new rules that will deny regional accreditation to any institution that has not first been given “substantive” state “authorization.” Although the details are sketchy, Armstrong believes this is a political power grab.
“It puts the state clearly in a position to be able to determine [if a school is authorized]. Now some states may use restraint — but [the DOE’s proposal] gives them the right, gives them the power to control qualifications of faculty, requirements for graduation, the substance of courses, curriculum [and] course content,” the former Colorado senator reports.
The Department of Education maintains the new proposals are an attempt to curtail loan fraud, but Armstrong does not buy it.
“Everything that they have alleged, all the wrongdoing that they have complained of, is already a federal crime,” he points out. “So if they know somebody is committing a federal crime, good; sic the U.S. attorney on them — but don’t revise the curriculum because somebody’s committing loan fraud.”
Armstrong urges people to notify their members of Congress about this issue before the Department of Education makes its final ruling November 1.
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