Should we end the derp of education?

Yes! The Department of Education should abolished.

No education has not been declining it just has been stagnant for about 35 years it is just as good now as it was in 1979. What is happening is that other country's like Norway found better methods of teaching giving the ability to surpass the united states in the Quality of education.

It is not exactly the money we pour into the department of education it is the programs that US law forces the department of education to implement such as No child left behind. No child left behind costs us taxpayers 24 billion dollars a year to implement little less then half of the total of the department of educations budget.

Agreed. Along with the No Child Left Behind Act as well, we should. We spend most of our money on education yet it was ranked as the worst in the world.

Yes.

Some sub-department can send semiannual nationwide tests, issue students certificates of their test score and publish statistical by-the-school results of these tests on the internet.

That is it.

Small, lean, transparent, inexpensive to taxpayers and minimally intrusive.

Fact every year since the DOE standards have gotten Higher and more children attend public schools

Fact If states dont want to deal with the DOE the just dont have to accept the money

Yes, and the EPA, for starters.