I have long held that the ONLY justification for a Federal Education department is to create a national standardized (but optional on the states) set of qualifications for a nationally recognized and accepted grade equivalency / transfer system. The authority to do so would be under the regulating interstate commerce. Each state / school district would be allowed to adopt any standard they wanted and follow any curriculum they wanted. However, to receive federal funds, the child would need to be tested and then placed at the appropriate level.
Also, I would like to see a minimum for acceptance into any federal grant or student loan program to pay for College. If you can’t perform X, Y and Z, then either attend remedial classes on your own nickel or attend a trade school. Not everyone is cut out for college.
I know ... it will never happen but one can dream.
How can you possible justify that under the clause that allows congress "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes"?
Don't you think your stretching things a bit?