That's one way to get rid of Washington's insane education brainwashing

 

I was very encouraged to read that Tennessee is considering doing without federal government funding for its schools.

One of Tennessee’s most influential Republican lawmakers says the state should stop accepting the nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars that help provide support for low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities.

House Speaker Cameron Sexton told The Associated Press that he has introduced a bill to explore the idea during this year’s legislative session and has begun discussions with Gov. Bill Lee and other key GOP lawmakers.

“Basically, we’ll be able to educate the kids how Tennessee sees fit,” Sexton said, pointing that rejecting the money would mean that Tennessee would no longer have “federal government interference.”

There's more at the link.

I think this would be a very healthy development.  A lot of people don't realize that mandates such as allowing transsexuals to use the restrooms of their imaginary, rather than biological sex;  race-based education programs that not-so-subtly program kids to blame racism for everything;  and all sorts of other progressive left-wing policies, are imposed on any state taking Federal education funds.  The states don't have a choice in the matter, and if they resist, they risk losing their funding.

I'm glad Tennessee's economy is doing well enough to consider this step.  Several other states, such as Texas and Florida, could probably afford it, too.  However, poorer states probably can't afford to cut themselves loose from Washington's purse strings in the same way.

The less the federal government is allowed to dictate to the states what they may or may not do, educationally speaking, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

Peter