Is it the government's right to teach a child what the government thinks a child should know?

I think we need to get rid of the 16th and 17th amendments and then things would take care of themselves forthwith

It's a democratic government, is people/parents who elect politicians in oreder for these to decide what's best for our kids education...

this crap with the big bad gov bs is getting old

pay attention use computer and search what has fed gov done to teach your child what and then go to your state gov and look and then go to local reps sites and ask self now who is doing what

record what you mean about this gov decision and what you think they are doing

just to go to web sites and ask do you think the gov decision to teach your child WHAT what do you mean by that..how can any one answer when they do not know what you mean

Nope, not unless they plan on raising, clothing, feeding that child. They have no facilities that can....oh wait, there's prison.

one the one hand ... on the other hand. i seems to me, however, that government is increasingly intruding into "education" where it should be silent or absent.

example: the "Common Core" which seems to teach leftist Dimocratic values along with ordinary schooling compertencies