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Constitutional Schooling. On Education

Our Founders recognized that one-size-fits-all government is really one-size-fits-none government.

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On Federal Education, Think Progress Should Think Harder

Even FDR’s people, apparently, didn’t find that the Constitution gave Washington authority to involve itself in education

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They Don’t Teach This in School

The various commissars who have taken it upon themselves to ensure that no one strays from officially approved opinion — or to appropriately scold anyone who in fact does so — have become apoplectic at the return of nullification.

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National Standards Will Merely Produce National Dominance

Whether it be the Carter-era formation of the Department of Education, the Bush-era “No Child Left Behind” legislation, or the Obama-era “race to the top” program, the federal government has over the past century led a concerted effort to fully extend its reach over the entire arena of education.

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