boedicca
Uppity Water Nymph from the Land of Funk
- Feb 12, 2007
- 59,439
- 24,109
- 2,290
yep, the US should be the only developed country without a public education system. that's a solution to the biggest concerns in the land.
Why does public education have to mean Federalized and Centralized?
What we're doing now isn't working. Doing more of the same won't fix anything.
Study after study shows that the students who do best have parents who are responsible and active in their education (i.e., checking - not doing - homework, reading to them, going to school events). It's time to return authority and responsibility to the local level, and choice of schools to parents.
As a side note, one of my best friends is a school psychologist in a relatively wealthy school district. Over the years, I've heard numerous anecdotes regarding the increasing compliance burden for receiving federal money. The amount of school resources expended on such compliance is out of control - and does nothing to improve the educational experience in the classroom.