I don't see any reason to have education policed at the federal level. I can understand having the former
Office of Education, which gathered and tracked data and such, but let me ask you this--is education any better now than it was when President Carter approved the
Department of Education? I don't see anywhere in the Constitution that justifies the behemoth we currently have and
I support the rollback of de facto national standards:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has unveiled a 42-page proposal to reform
American education at the national level, one of the clearest signs yet
that he is laying the groundwork to jump into the 2016 presidential
primary.
At the heart of his proposal is a total repudiation of
Common Core, as well as a general rollback of federal authority,
increased school choice options for parents and greater administrative
freedom for educators.
One wonders how there can be a "general rollback of federal authority" while the federal government increases school choice options for parents and gives administrative freedom to educators, but let's continue:
While Jindal supported the English and math standards just a few
years ago, he has changed his mind and been attacking them constantly
since last spring, when he gave a speech comparing them to policies in
the Soviet Union.
Jindal has been battling his own school
superintendent and state school board for over half a year in an effort
to force Louisiana off the standards. He has also filed a lawsuit
against the federal government, claiming that Common Core is an illegal
federal intrusion into state sovereignty.
Accordingly, in Jindal’s
plan, he proposes to “repeal Common Core and restore state and local
standards.” He accuses “central planners” in the federal government of
creating a de facto national curriculum “through deception” by having
the standards crafted by several non-profits rather than by Department
of Education apparatchiks.
I'm getting mixed messages here. Of course I support school choice and vouchers and the like, a true constitutionalist would insist that those issues be decided at the
state and local level.
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