Once the Dept. of Education is dismantled and education returned to the states, each state can have its own standards. Red states like Texas (and my home state of Tennessee, and others) will be "unburdened by what has been" and can hire and fire at will. The blue states, however, will probably continue to turn out dunces who won't fare well into the 21st Century, and will under-perform compared to children educated in the red states.