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The Federal Government’S History In Public Education: Massive Reform Efforts For Political And Corporate Enhancement, Brett A. Geier

Brett A Geier

The role of the federal government in public education was purposefully absent in the formation of the United States Constitution. The Tenth Amendment delegated the power of educating the citizenry to each individual state. Therefore, each state in the nation has its own distinctive clause governing public education. The federal government's role was periphery at best. In 1965, President Johnson sought to mitigate poverty with an infusion of federal dollars for the nation's neediest students. As more funds were allocated by the federal government, the more restrictions and requirements were placed on schools. This accountability paradigm opened the door for …