Comments on: PRESIDENT BRAUN http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/president_braun/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:27:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Adam Kalsey http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/president_braun/comment-page-1/#comment-3142 Adam Kalsey Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2462#comment-3142 Federalizing schools would go directly against the 10th Amendment. I don't know how you'd make a case that the Constitiution gives the Federal government the right to operate schools. It's also a ridiculous idea. Schools are in trouble now largely because of the bureaucracy. Adding more layers of administration and red tape won't fix a thing. There is almost nothing that you can point to in the US Government as a model of efficiency. (The Postal Service does okay, but they operate essentially as a private organization overseen by Congress.) It would be an unimaginable mistake to turn schools into federal institutions. The schools that do well are often those with less central control, not more. One reason for the success of private schools is that they make their own decisions. When confronted with a need, they solve it locally. The public school my kids go to runs with a large degree of autonomy. They even have a separate school calendar from the rest of the district. They also have significantly more educated children than other schools in this district. (My first grader's class learned multiplication through 10s this past year.) --- Federalizing schools would go directly against the 10th Amendment. I don't know how you'd make a case that the Constitiution gives the Federal government the right to operate schools.

It's also a ridiculous idea. Schools are in trouble now largely because of the bureaucracy. Adding more layers of administration and red tape won't fix a thing.

There is almost nothing that you can point to in the US Government as a model of efficiency. (The Postal Service does okay, but they operate essentially as a private organization overseen by Congress.) It would be an unimaginable mistake to turn schools into federal institutions. The schools that do well are often those with less central control, not more.

One reason for the success of private schools is that they make their own decisions. When confronted with a need, they solve it locally. The public school my kids go to runs with a large degree of autonomy. They even have a separate school calendar from the rest of the district. They also have significantly more educated children than other schools in this district. (My first grader's class learned multiplication through 10s this past year.)

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