Mitt Romney's Education Reforms

I was reading Mitt's Vision for America.  He's going to   "ensure that every child receives a quality education no matter where they live", and he's going to do that by taking the federal government out of education and empowering the states and the private sector to develop effective programs of their own.  However, the states and private sector can already develop effective programs, the federal government isn't stopping them.  More importantly, the federal government funds education (I believe that about 9% of Arizona's education funding comes from the feds).  If we take the feds out of education, then we lose a significant part of our education funding; of course, we could raise state taxes to make up for the loss of federal funds.  In a related note, I'll pledge to ensure that every child in Alabama receives a quality education - just by staying out of Alabama's education system.