WE allow allow the business community to educate our children. Nothing has changed since the formal schooling of children began as far as what must be done. Teach them to read, write, spell, speak and and do math. Teach them legitimate history. Present them with factual material to discuss and encourage them to debate and come to their own conclusions. Do all this employing teachers who MUST succeed if they are to remain employed and pay them a good wage to do this job. The children of this nation are our real treasure and we need to do all we can to nurture and grow them both physically and mentally.
Education should not be a for-profit enterprise.
I, for one, would not want Pfizer and McDonalds being responsbile for educating my children.
I won't deny that there are problems with public education and great reforms are needed. (I also won't get into the details because I don't have time right now.)
But I firmly believe that the education of children is the responsibility of the community, not business.