Education 'Reform,' From the Top Down

Education 'Reform,' From the Top Down

My goodness, it's just one favor after another the U.S. government wants to do for us.

By week's end, the president and his minions hope to have bought, embarrassed or intimidated enough fellow Democrats into passing, at long last, health care "reform." In the meantime, the White House lets us know it wants action on new national approaches to educational improvement. It just never seems to stop, this business of bringing the whole business of the United States under federal supervision.

Given President Obama's habit of imputing to George W. Bush responsibility for most of what's wrong today,...