When did "federalist" Republicans decide the federal government should control public education?

Question

I know it started under Carter. Republicans wanted to abolish it year after year. What changed?

Answer 1

When did "federalist" Democrats decide the federal government should control public health care?????

Answer 2

When the states stopped caring about our public schools .

Answer 3

/ Education is one of the few socialist causes embraced by America.

All Americans must go to school, and to enforce that law, the government provides education to all classes of Americans.

Answer 4

Typical Neocons thinking they should control everyone and everything...

Answer 5

when we the people started caring more about what we were told than what our common sense told us

Answer 6

when the democrats took control of congress

i want to know were the h**l you liberals are getting you facts from

Answer 7

Wow and to think public education in most states is controlled by the extreme liberal thinking population whether everyone agrees or not.

Frankly I am tired of being told what can or cannot be taught in public schools.  It should be the choice of the community as to teachings of religion and sexual education, not some whining group who thinks they are the only true teaching, we need to give our children a well rounded education rather than the one sided garbage they are taught now.  

Answer 8

I thought he said "WE" as in the people should have the choice.... did i miss something?

Answer 9

When public education failed in it's current state?

Answer 10

what...did ya blink or something..the repubs decide everything whether you like it or not

Answer 11

It is just an idea.

Look- local education is failing our students-  Look at our inner cities- those kids have a very small chance of success- and our schools continue to fail them.

And the teacher's unions conspire to maintain total power over thier districts.  

The uneducated, dependant, minimum wage graduates of these schools, continue to vote Democrat because they have so little understanding of the world that they live in.  They don't see the opportunities before them.  

Answer 12

I believe the federal Department of Education was Jimmy Carter's baby.  

ADDENDUM - What changed?  I believe there was talk of abolishing the department when Republicans finally gained control of Congress in the early '90's, but didn't gain any traction.  The political power was too entrenched.  Now they simply try to make a bad thing palatable, as with NCLB.

Answer 13

It should be ruled unconstitutional.  Education is not one of the enumerated powers of the Federal Government.

I guess it just got too firmly entrenched.

Answer 14

I've been a Federalist for years now, and I have no idea what you're talking about.

A TRUE Federalist would know that the constitution outlines what the Federal Government CAN do, anything it doesn't list isn't constitutional.  State government for public education, privately funded schools even better.

Anyone claiming differently is like John McCain claiming to be a conservative.

Ahh, I see.

George W. Bush only had the conservative, Federalist base due to is stance on the War, tax cuts, and National Security.  Other then that, everyone was iffy, not only because he failed Social Security and did the No Child Left Behind, he wasn't a Reagan... Not a Federalist.

McCain isn't a Federalist, he's a moderate.  No where near.  I don't think he ever claimed to be, if he did I missed it.  

There's no way they're "federalist" Republicans.  The problem with the Republican party is that they practically welcome everyone who wants to be one.  You have people ranging from hardcore conservatives, to moderates like McCain.  So it's no surprise that the Republican party turned out that way.  It's been like that for a while.