my two kids go to school in Arlington.. public school.. ... but Arlington is a very very expensive county to live in
Unfortunately that is the rub with public education and 'states rights'
it makes sure the public schools were the wealthy are are freakin' awesome
and the ones where the poor people are... suck
I didn't know until a few weeks ago...there was no department of Education until 1980!
I think part of it was, we need to have a unified approach to education, so ALL kids get a good education
but the conservatives fight that tooth and nail...again, because the peoples property tax should go to the local schools and not the poor kids on the other side of the tracks
I say this as a parent of two in Arlington schools...we have awesome public schools
that has very little to do to the Federal Dept of Education
if anything Federal rules restrict Arlington from being even better at times