Reply #10: the answer

[Thothmes]

Every state in the Union funds (to some extent) and administers their own educational programs. Hence the wide variation in both the quality of education in this country. The federal government does not have a Constitutionally mandated roll in the education of its citizens. This has been left to the States by the X Admendment to the Constitution. If you want the Feds fully involved in creating a Federal educational system, then the Constitution should be amended to mandate Federal involvement in the educational process. Of course, what will the National educational system look like in a decade or so, if the Republicans again gain control of the Congress and the White House.