If the consensus underlying American public education has disappeared, why shouldn't the institution?
Should America have public schools, or would we do better without them? Nothing is more important to this country than the transformation of children into educated American citizens. That's what public schools are for, and no institutions are better suited to the role--in principle. They used to fill it with distinction.
But there's no reason we must have public schools. Granted, the public has a strong interest in educating America's children, at a cost that's divided equitably among all taxpayers and not borne by the parents of school-age children alone. But these requirements don't imply any need for public schools. We need an Air Force, and the Air Force needs planes. Taxpayers pay for the force and the planes. But the pilots are supplied directly by the government, the airplanes by private companies (with government oversight and assistance). Schooling might be furnished on either model: mainly by public or mainly by private organizations. We know that private schools are perfectly capable of supplying first-class educations. So the question stands: Why have public schools? How should we decide whether to have them or not?
... American public schools have become Chairman Mao's re-education center ... They are as dangerous to us as aQ.
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Thursdays Dennis Miller Show (free mp3 at his website) had a description of a school in Colorado, I think, that had celebrities come in for some sort of sex ed, or appreciation, or some such:
"Some people prefer not to wear condoms, it feels better without them."
Also, discussion of Ecstasy, and etc.
Miller said he would have gone down and punched out the pricipal if it had been his kid's school.
Ingraham reports latest spelling Bee winner another homeschooler!
The public system has been the bane of existence for many years now, Doug. It's a way to keep the mob dumbed down.
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