Race to Top shows the reach of Big Brother
Published Aug 29, 2010 12:00 am | Last updated Aug 29, 2010 12:00 am
Our formula is as simple as it is sweeping: The federal government has no constitutional authority to be involved in school curricula or to control jobs in the workplace. That is why we will abolish the Department of Education and end federal meddling in our schools..."
— The Republican platform, 2000.
Yes, times do change. Last week it was mainly Republicans and conservative organizations that were lambasting Maine's failure to obtain federal Race to the Top funding for the state.
It's hard to imagine a more meddlesome, top-down, heavy-handed government program than this one.
The Department of Education dangles the usual carrot — money — and the states, badly in need of money, must comply with detailed guidelines to obtain it.
