That's putting us back where we were before Bush's not-so-great idea, "No Child Left Behind" (I all it "No Child Left in Their Right Mind") which Obama and the feds have taken to its inevitable nightmarish status.
We need to do better than going back to government (state) schools. It's up to the people of each state, but I believe people should be influenced and encouraged to get away from government schools run by the state. Stop mass state taxation for government schools and let parents (consumers) freely decide and run things as they will via the voluntary competition of supply and demand in the free market. The best results for the best costs will emerge.
I’ve been saying this and saying this. American schools started to crumble when we pushed history out the door in favor of social studies. Social studies allowed every victim group in America to demand that their own “history” be taught. Instead of learning the hard facts of a shared history, American students have been dumbed down by indoctrination in the soft history of feel good movements and denunciations of the Founding Fathers and their legacy. The more I study and teach history the more I’m beginning to think that the greatest threat to America isn’t Al-Qaeda or Russia or even China. It’s Columbia University....