I wrote a letter to the author, Mr. Caruba, requesting permission to reprint this on Free Republic for purposes of discussion. He granted permission quickly and generously.
Many will be turned off once they reach the criticisms of the President's education initiative "No Child Left Behind", but many will agree with that program's faults. I've read both sides of the arguments in other threads discussing other articles: this one series seemed well-suited for purposes of discussion and debate on our forum. I hope you all agree.
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10/10/2006 7:18:19 AM PDT by
cgk
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2 posted on
10/10/2006 7:20:12 AM PDT by
Wings-n-Wind
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Education Discussion Ping...
3 posted on
10/10/2006 7:20:59 AM PDT by
cgk
(I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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4 posted on
10/10/2006 7:24:11 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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Thank you for a great post. Let's hope that many read and heed this warning fron Mr. Caruba.
My wife and I recognized this problem early on and enrolled our daughter in a Catholic girls school for her last two years of high school. Her GPA immediately went into free fall. Happily, there was an older lady teacher at that school who voluntarily took charge of her and brought her up to speed.
She went on to complete undergraduate school, law school and now owns her own law practice. (No lawyer jokes, please.) I'm so happy that we had the sense to recognize this problem as early as we did and took corrective action.
5 posted on
10/10/2006 7:37:35 AM PDT by
davisfh
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Thanks for the post. Save for later reading.
6 posted on
10/10/2006 7:37:42 AM PDT by
Sergio
(If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
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It's all true!
Folks can name call you till your blue in the face but the FACT remains, public schools dumb your kids DOWN. Dumbed down parents don't see it because they too have tasted the dumbed down method and think it's fine.
8 posted on
10/10/2006 7:42:23 AM PDT by
nmh
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To: cgk
Caruba is way behind the curve.
9 posted on
10/10/2006 7:42:34 AM PDT by
Carry_Okie
(There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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The harsh truth about the subversion of the nation’s schools has not been a Democratic or Republican program. It has occurred no matter who was in office or who controlled Congress.
That's because we have quite a few authoritarian, pro-statist republicans. More than you'd think.
10 posted on
10/10/2006 7:43:05 AM PDT by
JamesP81
(The answer always lies with more freedom; not less)
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Administrators and teachers were delighted with this because it eliminated the "meddling" of locally elected and locally responsible school board members.
Can't have the damned plebs getting all uppity...
11 posted on
10/10/2006 7:45:37 AM PDT by
JamesP81
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Many will be turned off once they reach the criticisms of the President's education initiative "No Child Left Behind", but many will agree with that program's faults.
I won't be turned off, and I'm not afraid of criticizing Bush where he makes mistakes. The Dept of Education should cease to exist. The Founders would be spinning in their graves if they knew....
12 posted on
10/10/2006 7:46:32 AM PDT by
JamesP81
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Worse, today’s parents are often required to put their child put on a regimen of Ritalin, a mind-altering drug.
Don't even get me started...just don't.
13 posted on
10/10/2006 7:58:22 AM PDT by
JamesP81
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14 posted on
10/10/2006 8:17:57 AM PDT by
Mrs.Z
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16 posted on
10/10/2006 8:19:37 AM PDT by
Thombo2
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Great article! That takes me back to my college days. I attended very conservative Hillsdale College. All my college education classes were devoted to this type of discussion and how to combat OBE in our own classrooms.
To: cgk
Vouchers. (For all students, in all states.)
22 posted on
10/10/2006 8:49:08 AM PDT by
3niner
(War is one game where the home team always loses.)
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He gets points for slamming NCLB and reminding us that vouchers will come with many strings attached.
Also, from the article: Education is not about national standards and national testing. It’s about individual schools in individual school districts, all answerable to their communities and to the parents of the children entrusted to them.
The same schools that are routinely labelled as "failing" are also those schools, oftentimes, where "community control" is meaningless. You have to have a functioning community before you can have local control. Similarly, you have to have functioning parents for a school system to work.
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FYI and I plan to pingify later.
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32 posted on
10/10/2006 10:22:49 AM PDT by
wagglebee
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36 posted on
10/10/2006 11:11:20 AM PDT by
Excellence
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