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To: wintertime
There are no solutions ( practical or unpractical) that resolve the fundamental problems with socialist-entitlement, single payer, godless, government schooling because it is a socialist-entitlement, single payer, compulsory, government program.

This is cowardice at best. Burying your head in the sand while whining "Woe is me" is not the solution, It is how this mess began.

And you have done nothing (by your own repeated admission) To fix the system. Instead you sit in front of the computer making these broad generalizations with out dealing with specifics.

The devil is in the details. What percentage have the financial resources to home school?

What percentage of parents have the desire to home school?

What percentage of children want to be home schooled?

You also have not told me what you intend to do to help me improve a system.

Now try to address real issues with real solutions instead of your straw men.

Why are you refusing to anser these questions

38 posted on 05/06/2012 4:56:55 AM PDT by verga (Party like it is 1773)
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To: verga
Ok, here is a real solution:

Abolish government employee unions. They are already protected under civil service laws. That is enough.

In those states that currently have caps on the number of charters, remove these caps. Allow God-centered schools instead of restricting charters to only the religious worldview of godless.

Allow tax credits. Any individual or business who donates money to a private voucher fund, or sponsors a child would deduct the full amount from their taxes. For those who are poor, and do not directly pay income or property taxes, they would be get a reimbursement.

Allow any group of teachers at any government school to vote to turn their government school into a charter. This has already been successfully done at Green Dot schools in Los Angeles.

Gradually, reduce the amount of government involvement in education, on every level, over the next 25 years, as the private infrastructure is built and private philanthropy can assume the burden of educating our nation's children. Perhaps a once a year campaign similar to the United Way effort could be instituted, however, the funds would be directed to the private scholarship fund of the worker's choice.

Finally, currently about 3 to 5% of the nation's children are homeschooled. Homeschooling when done from the beginning, has an excellent record and, on average, homeschooled children **far** exceed institutionalized children in academic achievement. As adults, too, former homeschoolers have **far** less social pathology. These statistics can be found on the Homeschool Legal Defense Association website.

While homeschooling is the most ideal way to rear a child to adulthood, sadly, not all children can be homeschooled, for many reasons: Selfishness, materialism, health, intelligence, illiteracy, poor coping skills, lack of discipline, extreme poverty, etc. on the part of the parents. These children will need to be institutionalized for their schooling. We need orphanages, too, but no one is claiming that this is the best way to rear a child.

( Not proof read.)

39 posted on 05/06/2012 6:17:55 AM PDT by wintertime (Reforming a government K-12 school is like reforming an abortion center.)
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