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“Nationalized Education”: The Next Battlefield?
The Constitutional Alamo ^ | 07/06/09 | Michael Naragon

Posted on 07/06/2009 12:33:42 PM PDT by Publius772000

Although–or, perhaps, because–liberalism has dominated public education since the 1960s, test results and competency in general continue to decline, much to the stated chagrin of officials in the school system and local, state, and federal governments. Barack Obama has made reforming the education system in America one of his highest priorities.

“[Education reform] will require a willingness to break free from the same debates that Washington has been engaged in for decades – Democrat versus Republican; vouchers versus the status quo; more money versus more accountability,” Obama has said. “And most of all, it will take a president who is honest about the challenges we face – who doesn’t just tell everyone what they want to hear, but what they need to hear.”

For sake of argument, what if the administration approached education in the same way they have approached health care?

The president has used very dire rhetoric in describing the health care “crisis,” even going so far as to claim that health care expenses are the primary cause of the current economic catastrophe/recession/depression/slowdown. To solve this problem, the government would, if the bill is passed, introduce “competition” to the marketplace. Private health insurance companies would have much stricter regulation, and any private insurance benefits given by employers would be eligible to be taxed as income. The government’s plan, therefore, would become increasingly attractive.

It is easy to picture the president making the same arguments about education. Indeed, on the president’s web site, he has already made similar statements.

“At this defining moment in our history, preparing our children to compete in the global economy is one of the most urgent challenges we face,” reads Obama’s statement on education...

(Excerpt) Read more at theconstitutionalalamo.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Government; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: congress; education; healthcare; obama; publikskoolz
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If the government’s push to nationalize health care is successful, Congress and the administration will soon turn to one of their other stated priorities: education.
1 posted on 07/06/2009 12:33:43 PM PDT by Publius772000
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To: Publius772000

If we are going to have a Department of Education, the only thing that they need to be doing is:

Specifying the standard test to be taken to assign grade level for students who move from state to state.


2 posted on 07/06/2009 12:47:55 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Publius772000
“And most of all, it will take a president who is honest about the challenges we face – who doesn’t just tell everyone what they want to hear, but what they need to hear.”

Sadly, you aren't that president, Mr. Obama.

3 posted on 07/06/2009 12:50:34 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Imagining a world without DemocRats.)
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To: Publius772000

Get ready, home schoolers. They’re coming for your kids very soon.


4 posted on 07/06/2009 12:50:48 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: Major Matt Mason

Amen to that, Major...


5 posted on 07/06/2009 12:51:23 PM PDT by Publius772000 (http://theconstitutionalalamo.com)
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To: Publius772000; All

My biggest fear is that they push for a “nationalized” Police Force.. Basically a police force like the one in Escape from New York..


6 posted on 07/06/2009 12:51:35 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Can't Stop the Signal!)
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To: Publius772000

Education is already dominated by liberals. They have the teachers unions sewn up nicely...Why do you think Vouchers are such a big deal...they would allow parents and students to be free of Gov’t and make their own choices....

No Barry already has the Media,Education, Banking, Manufacturing......Pretty much the whole thing.......If he gets health care America is officially the Socialist States of America


7 posted on 07/06/2009 12:56:32 PM PDT by jakerobins ( NO)
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To: jakerobins

You’re absolutely right... I didn’t mean to imply that they had little control at the moment. But it’s still not centralized in an official capacity. States and localities still have a lot of sway over their schools.

By appealing to the incessant failures of the public schools and using the same line of logic that they’re currently using with health care, however, the federal government could more effectively rid the market of competition from private and home schools.


8 posted on 07/06/2009 1:05:00 PM PDT by Publius772000 (http://theconstitutionalalamo.com)
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To: KevinDavis
Just watched Escape from LA campy fun. Snake drops the hammer on civilization. Uh oh did I just spoil the plot?
9 posted on 07/06/2009 1:43:19 PM PDT by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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To: KevinDavis

Actually, I think that’s what AmeriCorps is for, right? :D Wait, why am I smiling?


10 posted on 07/06/2009 3:07:14 PM PDT by Publius772000 (http://theconstitutionalalamo.com)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Marking to read later.


11 posted on 07/07/2009 2:00:51 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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To: Publius772000; 2Jedismom; AAABEST; aberaussie; adopt4Christ; Aggie Mama; agrace; AliVeritas; ...

This ping list is for articles of interest to homeschoolers. Metmom holds both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping List. Please freepmail Metmom to let her know if you would like to be added or removed from either list, or both.


12 posted on 07/07/2009 2:08:09 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

That’s a “line in the sand”,
just to let you/them know.

That’s as big of a line in the sand as gun confiscation.


13 posted on 07/07/2009 2:13:10 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Publius772000

Marxism is our nation’s **most** serious threat!

Schools are the Marxists’ **most** powerful weapon against us!


14 posted on 07/07/2009 2:14:43 PM PDT by wintertime (People are not stupid! Good ideas win!)
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To: Publius772000
If the government's push to nationalize health care is successful, Congress and the administration will soon turn to one of their other stated priorities: education.

Absolutely correct.

And they will have been given more than ample help from so-called elected officials and candidates who approved of and campaigned for massive, intrusive federal programs like No Child Left behind.

15 posted on 07/07/2009 2:16:08 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney & his sons: members of the 1st Winnebago Motor Home Brigade, aka "The Fightin' RVs")
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

>>Get ready, home schoolers. They’re coming for your kids very soon.<<

Any homeschooler who didn’t know this already, wasn’t paying attention.


16 posted on 07/07/2009 2:30:36 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

And when they do, they’ll get the bullets first.


17 posted on 07/07/2009 2:43:13 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: netmilsmom
Any homeschooler who didn’t know this already, wasn’t paying attention.

Strangely, there are a lot of left wing homeschoolers who don't see danger in Obama and Socialism.

18 posted on 07/07/2009 3:01:53 PM PDT by SteamShovel (When hope trumps reality, there is no hope at all.)
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To: netmilsmom

We all knew it. This is just a sort of two-minute warning.


19 posted on 07/07/2009 3:51:20 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: Publius772000
“[Education reform] will require a willingness to break free from the same debates that Washington has been engaged in for decades"

This is ALWAYS Obama-speak for "Republicans needs to shut up so we can tax the hell out of everything that moves and spend more money than will ever exist."


A verbis ad verbera

20 posted on 07/07/2009 4:14:55 PM PDT by Costumed Vigilante (Congress: When a handful of evil morons just isn't enough)
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