There's a lot of things you don't understand. If it was a state issue, why haven't the states tackled the issue? All they ever do is raise my taxes, while the schools continue to scrape the bottom of the barrel for educators. Even though I have no kids of my own, I'm still footing the bill for everyone else's kids education.
You're avoiding the question. First of all, most states HAVE "tackled" it prior to NCLB. I mean, the people who have graduated high school since 2002 are not a nation of retards.
Second, my question was which section of the Constitution authorizes the fedgov to be involved in education? You're a conservative, so surely you would not support something you found to be unconstitutional, right?