One more reason to get the federal government out of public education. This is a civil rights issue, and should be settled as a civil rights issue, not by a government bureaucracy threatening to withhold funding from the states, if the states don't comply with its wishes. We all know how that worked out with GWB's No Child Left Behind fiasco. Of course, the states could simply say "shove it" to the carrot of federal dollars, but addictions are hard to break.

Education is the responsibility of the states and local communities; time that they bucked up and accepted that. Or continue to dance to the fiddle of a third party; it's their choice.

And don't get me started on highway funding.