[wintertime]

Then you’ve still got the government dictating what they’re going to be taught.
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Yep! You're right.

The government standard is **complete** illiteracy and innumeracy. This will get many a child passed from grade to grade ( and some even manage to graduate).

So....Yes, that is the minimum standard “dictated” by the government.

If that is the minimum standard for government then it must also be the minimum standard for parents.

So?....If **nothing** is the government standard dictated to all, why bother to have government involved at all?

[tacticalogic]

So?....If **nothing** is the government standard dictated to all, why bother to have government involved at all?

Sounds like an exercise in academic anarchy.