Doh!
But also because I believe schools are much more local than that, and horror stories in a book will not be that helpful in determining what the situation is right here at my own schools... So that is why I am not going to promise to read the book. I just probably won't...
I certainly wasn’t trying to force you to read something you don’t want to. I’m sorry if it came across that way.
The book is not just anecdotes. Mr. Stormer examines those who were instrumental in bringing about “government” schools. The people who set up this system were very open about their agenda. They were out to change society through the younger generations. This goes back to the early twentieth century with John Dewey.
So if you agree that these "bad" schools are a recent phenomenon, then there must not be anything inherently evil if they were once OK...
I would submit that once the federal government became involved the school system went bad. This system has never been ok. It has been continually degenerating until we have our present system. And it will continue to degenerate until we get the federal government and the teachers’ union out.
What do I suggest? - I guess push for conservatives on school boards and go to school board meetings if your kids are in school. If no conservatives are on the ballot, then run. I would guess your school boards at "bad" schools meet alone with little intervention from the public. No one goes to meetings. Impact things. Go to visit, volunteer in classrooms, meet with administrators.
Those are good ideas. However, they will ultimately be futile until the fedgov is removed from the schooling business.
Thanks for your thoughts Hair.
Would conservatives have more impact in that argument if they had not already detached themselves from the schools? I think they would.
The public, including the liberals, need workable solutions from us if they are to be swayed to our side. When we talk about disbanding the Federal DOE, and they ask, what would replace it, we need to be able to say "locally controlled schools", and back that up by supporting local schools, not just "homeschooling". Because like it or not, they aren't going to be able to jump on that bandwagon, its as foreign to them as us suggesting we all switch to breathing water. It doesn't give them a vision they can take in and use.