Report warns US educational failures pose national security threat
Attempting to frame inadequacies in the education as a "national security threat." Isn't just happenstance. National security is a valid federal concern, so framing the problem this way is a clear justification for more federal involvement in the education system.
The problems are, first, after about 40 years of federal involvement in U.S. education, the federal government has not shown itself to be capable of improving U.S. education in any fashion whatsoever. U.S. educational standards have actually deteriorated or remained flat with every increasing federal involvement. Second, education is really a core part of liberty. The freedom to control what and how our children are taught at a local and individual level is fundamental to a free, dynamic society.
The article gives lip service to parents getting involved themselves and giving parents choice, which is good, but it also offers a host of centralized federal educational controls and standards that will make the idea of "choice" a lie -- if every restaurant is McDonalds, then it doesn't matter so much which one you go to.
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