That sounds excellent, and I am fully supportive of what you have suggested. But tell me, how will it become reality?
Gov. Walker in WI has taken on the teachers unions and won thus far, which is great, and we’ll soon see if he can retain his seat. But despite doing more than nearly anyone else to challenge those taking education in the wrong direction, Wisconsin still has adopted Common Core. Many teachers still rabidly hate Walker and we know their left-wing bias is carried into the classroom. Local school boards allow these things to happen. So how are the ideas you put forth ever going to become a reality?
I agree, however, we may have an opportunity with this election to begin at least some change. If we get a more constitutionalist congress or, at least, replace the current speaker of the house, we can begin by simply zeroing funding for entire departments. Hit them at the cash level. Throw the responsibility back to the several states — it will hurt for a bit but eventually begin to solve the problem.
Let’s say we zero out the federal department of education. That certainly makes a point does it not? Money cannot be allocated unless it originates in the house so, at least in theory, this can be done.
The problem is whether we (the citizens) can really influence anything or not. If we cannot then the last vestiges of a representative government are gone and we have no hope but more radical methods.