[Copernicus]

This is actually a forwarded newspaper column, but the online version is available at the radio station website.

My analogy has always been to compare public education with the number of (private, non government)Churches, but I think the Grocery Store comparison is more universal.

Someone please forward a copy of this to the White House and the "No Child Left Behind" Crowd

[netmilsmom]

Thanks!

I'm a "Homegrower".

[Copernicus]

Greetings!

I am unfamiliar with the education lists, but found your post with the search term "educrat".

Please crosspost to those who might find this of value if convenient.

Best regards,

[snippy_about_it]

Good article, thanks for posting it.

[SAMWolf]

Government schools suck Bump

[nopardons]

This article is disingenuous. The government is, and rightly so, involved with what we can buy in grocery stores. Before the PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACTS, foodstuffs were adulterated,put in unsanitary situations,and things sold for what they weren't.

Prior to the government stepping in, education was a catch as catch can kind of thing in this country.Unfortunately, teachers Unions and LIBERALS have now taken over much of education and ruined it.The government SHOULD step in and reclaim education and fix it, but it won't.

[Volunteer]

My best friend is a School Psychologist back home in TN. He works for a good public system in East TN.
He stands out for a number of reasons, the most important of which is that he HAS A WORK ETHIC and most of the people he works with do not.
Wake up folks. The best way to get ahead in the current system (make more money, have a better position, etc.) is to "escape" actually teaching in the classroom.
If this is what we will accept, is it any wonder that our schools are so darn bad?

[PureSolace]

interesting.

[AmericanVictory]

If we bought education the way we buy groceries, everybody with any sense would be homeschooling, given the technology available to us today.

[Born Conservative]

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[luckydevi]

for later

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[Cboldt]

... tenured positions such as Secretary of Celery, Deputy of Donuts and ...

ROTFL, Deputy of Donuts! Good article, thanks for sharing it. Oh, thanks for looking up and posting the material relating to the 1870 "teacher stoning."