Bachmann: Education isn't a federal issue

Damn skippy!!! Get the feds out of the education business. It's been a disaster from the get go.

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s hourlong speech and question-and-answer session on education at the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday can be summed up in two words: local control.

Bachmann told the largely student audience that education policy should be set by communities and families and funded at the state and local level. more