[Principled]

Yes the NEA is really, really, bad for US students in public schools. But dammit "No Child Left Behind" is no better.

If we want top-notch education then we must get government OUT of education and return 100% of the control to individuals. Run education like a business - have parents choose (gasp) where they send their kids while choosing the tuition they wish to pay.

Schools will still have to be subsidized to a certain extent by LOCAL and STATE taxes (- but not fed taxes)because the amount of tuition should be nominal and vary depending on demand. Why would we have ever agreed to send a chunk of money to DC so that we could be coerced into undesired behaviours just to get our money back???

Teachers and administrators should be accountable to parents, not some federal bureaucracy. When parents hold the cards, education will be good. When government holds the cards, education is just another political tool.

JMHO

[Cincinatus' Wife]

There can't be an instant reversal of what has taken almost 50 years to create. Parents and taxpayers must come to the realization (and believe it is their idea) that mass education has sunk into a dark pit and reforms (not more money) are in order. In the meantime, parents are getting the help they need to get away from these unlearning centers.