Let the parents decide.
Throughout America’s history until very recently, education has been a local and parental responsibility. Beginning with the Great Society, the federal government’s role in education has expanded at an ever-increasing rate. Not coincidentally, students’ educational achievement has declined as parents and local officials have lost control over their schools.
We need to restore federalism and citizen ownership of public education by moving educational control out of Washington and into the hands of state and local authorities who are responsive to parents and other taxpayers.
And we need to support and encourage other education options, such as home schooling and private schools, so that freedom of choice becomes a reality for parents and children.
