Education should be handled by the state
Uploaded by Paul98 on Aug 31, 2016
Pablo Lopez
June 17 2016
Government
Mr. Reagan
Public Education
Public Education in our country is of obvious importance, yet much confusion arises as to who manipulates it, the national government or the states. Fortunately our federal system clarifies which government handles what, through the 10th amendment. The amendment makes it clear that the state has power over public education by what is distinguished to be reserved powers, and I support the position and is justifiable through our constitutional law.
The 10th amendment states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”. The question now is what are the powers delegated? A website titled, Federalism in U.S. Government, answered the question by listing the powers delegated to the national government deriving from the Constitution which are the following. To regulate interstate and international trade, coin money, declare war, maintain armed forces, establish a postal system, enforce copyrights, and finally sign treaties. Public education is not mentioned so therefore becomes reserved. A reserved power is any power not specifically stated by the Constitution, and as stated by the 10th amendment it belongs to the states.
Although the national government is not able to control public education it does not mean they are prohibited from aiding or upholding the education system, and is not to be confused as to who maintains power. As a matter of fact the national government ends the confusion immediately by claiming no power over education since 1785. A website identified as LMV.org reminds us that year was the year the first Northwest Ordinance law was created stating national government has the right to lay and collect taxes for the purpose of aiding the general welfare of the United States. And it is through general welfare that the national government has assumed the role of becoming a partner with the states to promote a good education. From henceforth the national government has provided millions of dollars and thousands of acres designated for public schooling until the present time. In no occasion has national government overpowered state government in changing the way students learn or what is taught as common core. The states decide how to manage common core and simply receives aid from the federal government on top of collecting taxes themselves as well.
In the end the state maintains and always will maintain power over...