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...sounds like he's got a way to go to become familiar with the Department of Education," said David Merkowitz of the American Council on Education. "The experience we had with that in the 1980s is that it's the reason so many states are in fiscal trouble...
...converting funds once earmarked for particular educational purposes into general "block funds," the Education Department could set itself up for a major cut in funding, said Merkowitz...
...know if that's best for the children," the official said. Another criticism levelled at the "eliminate-the-middleman" proposals such as Rappaport's is that the middleman is simply overrated. "When you get to the Education Department, there isn't a lot of bureaucracy," said Merkowitz...
...fact, said Merkowitz, one problem the Education Department has encountered is a dearth of bureaucrats. A lack of inspectors and auditors has led, in the last few years, to a wave of student loan defaults...
...bureaucratic layer after layer" which Rappaport condemns is actually thinner than it should be, Merkowitz said, especially in the area of student loans, a main aspect of the Education Department's activity...