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What America's Shop Class Lost, From Smith-Hughes to the Perkins ActWashington built vocational education in 1917, then drifted to college for all. The story from Smith-Hughes to Perkins, and what it means for families.From Title I to ESSA, Fifty Years of Washington Meddling in Your SchoolsA dated timeline from the 1965 school aid law to the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act, and how control swung between Washington and the states.The Constitution Never Mentions Schools and That Is the Whole PointThe Constitution never mentions schools, the Tenth Amendment says why that matters, and Washington's spending power is the strongest objection, answered.What the Education Department Actually Does, and What It CannotThe Education Department has four real jobs, funds a small share of school budgets and is barred by law from running curriculum. Here is how each piece works.The Department of Education, From an 1867 Office to a Cabinet FightHow a tiny 1867 office was demoted in a year, wandered through other agencies, became a Cabinet department in 1979 and why only Congress can end it.