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Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Expected...including the petty bullshit specifics. But I need to add something...

The children of this country are, and have been for a long time, having their lunch handed to them on a plate by EU kids, Asian kids, and kids from India in math and science. Why? Because of conservative bible thumping clockstoppers at local school board meetings, and because of conservative bible thumping clockstoppers who are local school board members. So kids are being taught the book of Genesis in public school science class...what's the problem with that, eh?

The only way out of this shit is for the Congress and the Executive branch, and the courts if necessary, turn the educational system in this country over to the Department of Education. No more local school board control over curriculum and faculty. No more funding per student based upon local real estate tax revenue. Every kid, regardless of the neighborhood gets all the books, all the skilled teachers, all the same dollars spent on their educaton, and none of the bullshit creationistic curriculum.

Seems like a no can do Ike. I too am appalled at the drop in the educational levels in this country but here is something I found quite interesting.

The authority for public education falls to states because of a 1973 Supreme Court case which determined that the federal government has no responsibility to provide systems of public education. These constitutional
education provisions vary from state to state, with some states specifically laying out the foundation of their education system while others leave the
details to the legislature. Because some state constitutions date back centuries, constitutions can contain outdated language, which can decrease the relevance of the constitution to current-day policy issues. State constitutions vary on whether they include language about public school
funding, religious restrictions, the education of disabled students, the age of students, the duration of the school year and the establishment of state
higher education systems.

Now we know why Kansas cut their education budget to give tax breaks to the rich. An interesting reading.

https://www.ecs.org/wp-content/uploa...ducation-1.pdf