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I don't think it's the fact that education is the fed's responsibilitiy, per se.
The anger seems to come from the fact that Bush took education and made it a platform issue. He touted and passed an empty bill to look like he was serious about doing something. The bill actually makes it more difficult for schools in that it mandates certain things and pulls funding if they aren't met--without providing adequate resources to meet the demands.
What's happened is that people are seeing a bill named in such a way mixed with rhetoric that is aimed at making the public think that the feds have stepped in to solve a growing problem in our education system. The bill is a steaming pile, however, and so now public sentiment is going to go against public education when it can't meet the impossible. Then the Republican saviours can step in and dismantle public education with the public's support (based on ignorance of the political manuevers to get to this point) and implement voucher systems and/or whatever else they may have concocted in the interim.
In short, this education issue is being listed as yet another of Bush's hypocritical, empty rhetoric laden promises that failed to deliver anything substantial.
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