[Cathryn Crawford]

Very important education ping...

[Northern Yankee]

Thank you, My Lady.

I shall read it later tonight.

Off to make dinner!

[patton]

"I see," this fine Christian man replied. "What you are saying is that I should quit my job."

[Chad Fairbanks]

Sorri, I are not to big awn edyookayshun...

[Scenic Sounds]

How many high school (grades 9-12) students are being homeschooled?

An estimated 250,000 to 340,000 high school (grades 9-12) students were being homeschooled during the 2000-2001 conventional school year.

Do these numbers sound right to you?

[BOBTHENAILER]

"If an unfriendly power had attempted to im-pose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war."

Wow, thanks a million for the Ping to this.

[jlogajan]

Very important education ping...

As a Libertarian I say at the minimum allow vouchers so that students may attend any accredited school they wish, including religious schools.

Having said that, I don't think there would be a hugh shift to Biblically strict schools. There is a common belief held by the very religious that somehow the state is imposing an atheistic view against the will of the majority. In fact the majority pretty much likes the schools as they are.

Of course there are many that are priced out of religious education, and those people would switch given vouchers. But the majority of parents would try to send their kids to the best academic schools, not the most religious schools.

One only need look at the situation for college education where religious and secular institutions are on otherwise equal financial footing. Secular institutions are quite well represented.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[ValenB4]

I don't think that's anywhere remotely near what will fix the educational system. The public school system used to be pretty good (50 or more years ago). But it has become inferior due to a lowering of standards, lack of discipline, a lowering of the quality of teachers, the decline in the hard sciences and the humanities and an emphasis on junk courses, and an overemphasis on sports.

Religion in the public schools should be part of a world cultures curriculum. Ethics and morality should be encouraged as a way of life - and that should be taught through the daily activities of school - being courteous, kind, and professional. That's done by maintainig high standards of conduct. And those who don't live up to the standards of the school are to be disciplined and even kicked out of school. The inmates can't run the asylum.