Good riddance.

I, as a foreigner looking from outside, think that your educational system is not yet damaged beyond repair, and it is his decision to relocate its levers onto state tier that may turn out undeniably useful.

Moreover, and more important: a big part of those who create intellectual property for American corporations, and nation in general, come from foreign countries.

It is easily seen from lists of US-affiliated Nobel Prize laureates or champions of various competitions in fields of mathematics, IT, etc.