Derf
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Certainly he thought about it, as did others.The Federal Government shouldn’t have a Department of Education because Madison didn’t think about it?
From time.com:
As James Madison, the father of our Constitution, remarked: “a popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy.” Thomas Jefferson similarly argued that governments “deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed,” but that it is education that makes that consent possible. President Washington, in his last annual message to Congress, added that expanding education was essential to the perpetuation of nation’s common values and the chance of a “permanent Union.”
Why is it "our" responsibility? It's "their" citizens we're talking about, as you yourself are saying. Now, dont get me wrong. Education is a necessity fir anyone to survive in life, and an educated citizenry is foundational to a government like ours. The problem comes when the government educates to a certain end that is not in keeping with a moral and godly standard. And we have rejected the government's responsibility to do so, leaving us with a godless and immoral populace. Did our founders anticipate this problem?How are we to keep track of how well each State is educating their citizens’ kids?
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