Obama's Dumbest SOTU Demand: Imprison Kids in Schools Until They're 18

◼ Let's leave aside whether the president of the United States should be so far into the weeds on education standards, which has traditionally been more of a local and state issue. - Nick Gillespie/Reason.com

Obama didn't mention the one thing that might make kids more interested in staying in school voluntarily: Letting them and their parents choose among competing alternatives where they want to go. It works pretty damn well in every other aspect of our lives - including higher education - and as Reason's Lisa Snell will tell you, it works pretty damn well in the school districts that are experimenting with it.