You want more control over education? Here's how.

Liberals talk about the need for the government to provide everyone with a free college education. That's not possible. We couldn't afford it. However, in order to satisfy the hippies’ pipe dream, here is my take on how the government could do that. That being said, there are going to be a lot of very disappointed people, especially the liberals who want that free education. Many of you upper middle class and rich liberals, who worship at the altar of a college degree, so that you don't have to take a job where you get your hands dirty, are going to end up in a job where you get your hands dirty. Do you still want to socially engineer America so that your salary, no matter what job you do, is tied in with your level of education like it is in much of Europe?

Here's the plan in a nutshell: You have a complete federal takeover of our public education system from Kindergarten through doctoral programs. Yes liberal hippies, I did say complete federal takeover. However, my plan will not be to your liking, because it won't offer any favoritism to you and your cronies. Private and religious education would still be available for those that wanted to opt out of the public system. You provide education vouchers that allow choice, so that the public schools have to compete with the private schools for the best students. This will increase the quality of education across the board for all.

From grades K through 10 students will advance to the next grade by passing comprehensive standardized tests. If you don't pass, you don't advance, and you repeat the year. No provision will be made for those that don't "test well." Too bad. Learn how to take tests. Like I said no special consideration for anyone.

At the end of their 10th year, students take blindly graded tests that are graded at the Department of Education. Only the top 10% go on to college prep grades 11 and 12. All others enter into some form of vocational training for the last two years of high school. This can be the hard trades like plumbing and carpentry, as well as the soft trades like computer repair, electronics, administrative assistant, etc. They may also apply for the US Military at the end of their 12th year. No preferences will be made for race or gender. All students will compete equally.

At the end of the 12th year, students take blindly graded comprehensive exams. Only the top 10% go on to a 4-year college. All others may enter community colleges for two years, and then either enter the workforce, test to get into a 4 year college (30% accepted), or apply for the US Military. Those who join the service will be able to take advantage of the military's tuition assistance program and/or enroll in the various services' own community colleges. These will be the only work arounds for the system. You don't get something for nothing. Also, every public college and university will be required to recognize the services' Associates Degrees as a completion of the first two years of college, or forfeit all federal funding. Same with ROTC programs.

For those earning Bachelors Degrees, 10% are allowed to go on to a graduate school and earn a Masters Degree. For those earning Masters Degrees, 10% are allowed to go on to earn Doctorate Degrees, and 10% of Doctoral candidates are allowed to continue on to post-Doctoral work.

Isn't social engineering through education a wonderful thing? Just think Lefties, you'll have the command and control economy that you desperately desire. The problems for you however, is that the command and control will be out of your hands. There will be no special consideration for race, gender, social and political connections, etc. What's the matter? You don't like equality? I thought that you wanted to level the playing field. I guess it's a different story when the playing field is going to be leveled without special consideration for you. Then again, this could never happen. The Left has too much of a stranglehold on education. Any plan to have it benefit anyone other than themselves would never fly.