September 13, 2023

Just recently, the Biden administration authorized guidance from the U.S. Department of Education (DoED) to block key federal funding for schools with hunting and archery programs. This ridiculous restriction, while shocking to some, was just the latest in a long line of governmental overreaches from the past few decades.

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Last year, the Biden administration bullied local school districts into either supporting an immoral agenda or losing federal dollars for school lunches.

In 2016, President Barack Obama wrote every local school district, overriding local and parental authority, and told them to “let transgender students use bathrooms matching their gender identity” or else risk lawsuits or federal funding.

The reality is that despite dramatic increases in federal intervention and funding in the government education system since the 1960s, education achievement has not improved. The most widely used measures of school achievement are scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which shows no significant change. Efforts to improve educational outcomes for low-income children have also been expensive and unproductive. Even the federal college grant and loan programs have been ineffective for students. The evidence is inarguable — the federal government’s intervention in education has been and continues to be a dismal failure.

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Americans have had enough of these federal control freaks. Considering the recent offensive policies issued from DoED, states are beginning to consider whether they should continue accepting federal education funding.

DoED mandates Common Core, Marxist critical theories, the sexualization of children, anti-American propaganda, and threatens to withhold federal funding for noncompliance. None of these serve the best interests of children. DoED exists because they seek to control state education systems through bribery and blackmail using federal dollars. Additionally, they exist so that federal elites have the muscle to control children.

National test scores scream at us that children desperately need to learn reading, writing, and math, not more federally-mandated critical race theory and overt sexualization. 

The key to eliminating federal intervention in government schools is to eliminate federal funding.

The time is right for states to wean themselves off the federal dole. Serious conversations are taking place throughout the country about the legitimate and effective role of the federal government in education. But who has a viable plan to dismantle the behemoth?

The “Blueprint to Establish State Control of Education by Eliminating all Federal Education Dollars,” written by United States Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) outlines the necessary steps to restore state sovereignty for education policy and practice — and it’s achievable.