Government schools, freedom of conscience, and the First Amendment can NOT coexist!
Solution: Privatize universal K-12 education. Let parents, principal, and board of directors of private schools work these matters out quietly and agreeably.
Government should NEVER be in the business of ordering anyone into one of its minimum security prisons ( mis-named “schools”) and telling them to shut up!
SIGH Yes I do get it, I have gotten it for the last 14 years which is how long I have been teaching high school.
Your plan is really great except for the execution part of it.
Private schools cost a lot of money, more then the average citizen has. That is why the cost is spread out over ALL the citizens.
How are you going to insure that all children will receive a quality education? would you still administer standardized tests? Who would make them up?
Obviously you do have some sort of axe to grind since you have posted your reply three times that I have seen so far, but I really think you need to think this out a bit more.
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Ah,,,The uncreative mind of a person indoctrinated in Prussian style, prison-like schools!
No! Private schools do NOT need to cost a “lot” of money. I suggest that the Prussian model be avoided completely! They are expensive to build and run. They have have heavy regulatory, zoning, insurance, and employee tax issues. Also, it is cruel to herd children about in same-age packs and treat them like prisoners.
Conservatives should start now to create private scholarship funds that would grant private vouchers to students attending private schools. They could also award grants to teachers willing to open mini-schools, micro-schools, one room school houses, dame schools, virtual schools, and homeschool cooperatives.
With today's technology is possible to have an excellent educational product that is also more flexible and adaptable to the child's needs and abilities, and FAR MORE HUMANE!
Along with funding and creating private alternatives, conservatives should be working vigorously to put every government teacher out of a government school job. These Marxist indoctrination camps need to be shut down ASAP! Permanently!
“Private schools cost a lot of money, more then the average citizen has. That is why the cost is spread out over ALL the citizens.”
The private school I sent my oldest daughter to cost less than half as much as the Kansas City school district spends per student every unit. Kansas City also has a private foundation that gives scholarships so kids can go to private or parochial schools. It can be done and public schools are nothing more than indoctrination centers.
Not English, I hope. :-)
The Detroit School system spends over $11,000 per year per student and graduates less than 25%. Somehow, I think there are private schools which could do a better job in both areas.