Upgrading Education to cabinet level status in 1979 was opposed by many in theRepublican Party , who saw the department asunconstitutional , arguing that the Constitution doesn ' t mentioneducation , and deemed it an unnecessary and illegal federal bureaucratic intrusion into local affairs . However manyliberalsand Democrats see the department as constitutional under theCommerce Clause , and that the funding role of the Department is constitutional under theTaxing and Spending Clause . TheNational Education Associationsupported the bill , while theAmerican Federation of Teachers opposed it . From Wikipedia on the department of education . <| sep |> If by clearing out of the way you mean enslaving with the perception of choice , then yes . The militarized police for is for clearing us out of the way .