Sentences with phrase «federal meddling»

Tenth - Amendment conservatives are aghast that the federal government has insinuated itself into the substance of K - 12 schooling, opening the door to who - knows - what other kinds of federal meddling in an area long recognized as the exclusive domain of states.

Yet for all the yammering of politicians about federal meddling and overreach in the realm of academic standards, nearly as many Americans (41 percent) would have the federal government take the lead in «setting educational standards for what students should know» as would assign that role to the states (43 percent).

We sympathize with those, such as Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry, who say his state can do better without federal meddling.

Opposing federal meddling in curriculum is also much more than a legal and states - rights issue.

The argument that the Common Core represents federal meddling in local education policy.

In places it has vague language that seems to invite federal meddling; it establishes a new early - childhood program championed by Democratic senator Patty Murray (Wash.); and it does not provide Title I portability, which would have allowed federal money intended to help low - income students to follow them to the school of their choice.

He does not support federal meddling with higher education; for instance, he commented, «We need to get the federal government out of the loan shark business and instead refocused on building a strong economy.»

ALBANY — During his once - occasional but now overt flirtation with national politics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has been careful in his choice of targets: Washingtonian dysfunction, for example, or federal meddling in his state's affairs.