So they didn't put government schools in the constitution....that's what I thought...they made some land grants, and didn't say that federal monies be earmarked for government schools.
What you should know better than is to make statements that you can't support....
As I said, education was a state issue....and began failing when the fed took over....and the founders did not put government schools in the constitution. I don't see where anything in your link that supports your claim that " Founding Father thought important enough that it should be thus they even put it into the Constitution."
And the mention of "general welfare" in no way suggested government schools....state or federal. The constitution clearly defines the two major functions of government...ie the general welfare...they were....ensuring justice, personal freedom, and a free society where individuals are protected from domestic lawbreakers and criminals, and; (2) protecting the people of the United States from foreign aggressors.
James Madison stated that the general welfare clause was not intended to give Congress a free hand to “to exercise every power which may be alleged to be necessary for the common defense or general welfare.” If the general welfare clause had been intended to be an open purse for congress to spend on whatever crackpot scheme they could concoct, then the founders would have had no need to list the specific powers of congress, which, by the way also don't mention education...they do mention establishing courts, and maintaining armed forces....nor is government funded education mentioned anywhere in the federalist papers which were an explanation to the people of what the constitution was, and was not, what it included, and its purpose, scope and jurisdiction.
