Americans are considering national education standards recently developed by teachers and other education experts.

近期，美国人正在考虑由教师和其他教育专家设立国家教育标准。

The National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers led the effort.

这项活动由全国州长协会和州立学校首席官员委员会领导。

The United States, unlike other nations, has never had the same school standards across the country.

不同于其他国家，美国从没有全国统一的学校标准。

The reason? Education is not discussed in the Constitution.

那是为什么呢？因为教育不在宪法讨论范围内。

That document limits the responsibilities of the federal government.

这一文件限制了联邦政府的责任。

Other responsibilities, like education, fall to the individual states.

其他责任，例如教育，交给了各个独立的州。

Local control of education probably was a good idea two hundred years ago.

地方管控教育在200年前或许是一个好主意。

People stayed in the same place and schools knew what students needed to learn.

民众待在同一个地方，学校就清楚学生需要学什么。