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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
No kidding! The Fed doesn't have the Constitutional authority to be mucking around in this sort of thing anyway. Get Education-control back into the States, where it belongs. If we really insist on having Publik Skools, at least we can keep them local.
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Nonsense. Ever hear of "equal protection" or "interstate commerce?" The Federal Government has the power to make sure that the states apply the laws fairly to everyone. The power to regulate is quite explicit.
On the issue at hand, I'm quite worried that the bureaucracy has become an almost explicitly political arm of the White House. Political appointments are one thing, but bureaucratic professionalism has been the cornerstone of governmental operations at all levels of government for decades now. Of course, it makes perfect sense if you remember that conservative ideology doesn't contain "good government."