 state s education rights irritate ed secretary education secretary duncan expressed his dissatisfaction with states that don rsquo t agree with having one set of educational standards for all of the states mandated by the federal government his ldquo carrot stick rdquo approach of threatening to withhold money to the states that don rsquo t comply with their standards is reprehensible it rsquo s time to get rid of the federal department of education and give the responsibility back to the states and quit sending our money to the bottomless pit in washington for an article on the issue click on the following story link  http wwwweeklystandardcom blogs obamaseducationsecretarydenouncesstateswhodonthisp 19  