10th Amendment

Your institutional system is set up in a certain way. I think citizens like this system very much.

A federal education system in the US would face massive and insurmountable legal and constitutional hurdles.

I used AI to summarize my AP Gov Notes. Those numbers just came from extra things the AI Found.

A mandatory national curriculum in the United States would face immediate and severe legal battles because it directly contradicts how power is split between the federal government and individual states. It would also force a single set of rules onto highly diverse communities with deeply divided beliefs. [1, 2] ⚖️ Violations of the U.S. Constitution The strongest lawsuits would argue that a national curriculum breaks the basic laws of the land:

• The 10th Amendment: The U.S. Constitution does not mention education. Because of this, the 10th Amendment gives states and local communities the power to run their own schools. States would sue the federal government to protect their local control. [1, 2, 3, 5]
• Existing Federal Laws: Laws like the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) explicitly ban the federal government from mandating or controlling classroom lessons. A federal mandate would break these laws, inviting immediate court challenges from state leaders. [1]

🕊️ First Amendment and Religious Rights A single national curriculum would inevitably clash with the diverse personal and religious beliefs of millions of American families:

• Freedom of Religion: Parents routinely sue over lessons that conflict with their faith, such as sex education or LGBTQ-inclusive readings. In major cases like Mahmoud v. Taylor, the courts have ruled that forcing certain lessons without letting parents opt out can violate their religious freedom. A national standard would cause these lawsuits to explode across the country. [1, 2, 3]
• Free Speech Censorship: Forcing teachers to deliver a single, federally approved message could trigger free-speech lawsuits from educators. Teachers' unions and civil rights groups frequently sue when they feel government directives unlawfully censor history, race, or science lessons. [1, 2]

📚 Discrimination and Civil Rights [1] A "one-size-fits-all" approach does not work for every student, which opens the door to discrimination claims: [1]

• Violations of Title IX and Civil Rights: If the national curriculum fails to accurately represent or protect marginalized groups, civil rights organizations like the ACLU or the NAACP would file lawsuits. They would argue the curriculum creates a hostile or discriminatory environment for minority and LGBTQ+ students. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Ignoring Special Education Needs: Federal laws require schools to tailor education to students with disabilities. A rigid national curriculum could make it harder for schools to adapt, prompting parent groups to sue for failing to meet individual needs. [1, 2, 3]

💸 Fraud and Corporate Liability Even the companies making the textbooks would face legal trouble. For instance, parents have filed class-action lawsuits against major publishers like Heinemann and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. They claim the companies used "deceptive marketing" to sell reading curricula that failed to teach foundational skills like phonics, leading to learning delays. If the federal government picked a single curriculum company that failed to deliver results, it would spark massive fraud lawsuits from parents and taxpayers nationwide. [1, 2, 3]

😮very difficult for me

Every school system is complex to understand except your own. It’s the same for me all the time.

Every school system is complex to understand except your own. It’s the same for me all the time.

Do you think the American school system is good?

Do you think the American school system is good?

Somewhat. It depends on what we consider as good.

Somewhat. It depends on what we consider as good.

avantages et inconvénients ?

As far as I'm concerned, schools in USA are great at STEM fields and terrible at humanistic fields

As far as I'm concerned, schools in USA are great at STEM fields and terrible at humanistic fields

your opinion is very interesting

As far as I'm concerned, schools in USA are great at STEM fields and terrible at humanistic fields

Depends on what state you were looking at. Whatever you found won’t apply to all states. But on average, Americans are better at Humanities and Social Sciences than STEM.

your opinion is very interesting

I made a comparison between USA and Europe

Depends on what state you were looking at.

It seems like a confederation to me. What exactly blocks California and Texas to step out of the USA? I'm asking because I've heard that separatistic movements are not little there

Legally, there is no constitutional mechanism for a state to leave the United States; the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the 1869 case Texas v. White that states cannot unilaterally secede. The only legal pathways out are a constitutional amendment or revolution.

What about non-state territories?

Unlike states, non-state territories can legally leave the United States, but they cannot do it alone. U.S. territories are not part of the permanent "indestructible Union" described by the Supreme Court. While it is true that modern separatist groups like the Texas Nationalist Movement ("Texit") and various "Calexit" campaigns in California get a lot of news coverage, they face insurmountable legal and practical barriers.

You should study law, I think you would be good at it. I haven't read the link nor watched the video, but from your posts I drew the conclusion that you're very interested and posses quite extensive knowledge. Thank you for the answers

You should study law, I think you would be good at it. I haven't read the link nor watched the video, but from your posts I drew the conclusion that you're very interested and posses quite extensive knowledge. Thank you for the answers

I’m considering Elementary Education. I only know how the government works through AP Gov so I can explain it to my future class.

Well, you have still time to figure out what do you want and what are you good at. Whatever you choose, I hope you will be contented with it.

I didn’t mean considering, I plan to. I have a pedagogy and frameworks mapped out.