To: OldDeckHand
This is why unfortunately we need to kill public education in this country. I know that ALL the Founders favored public education, but apparently they never envisioned this crap.
2 posted on
03/22/2010 2:51:48 PM PDT by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: LS
"I know that ALL the Founders favored public education" Remember, the public school system that we have today - by in large - is the construct of a former US Congressman and Massachusetts' legislator/educator named Horace Mann. Mann wasn't even born until close to 1800, and his public school theories weren't even articulated until well into the 1830's.
I'm not sure if I'd agree "all the founder supported public education". I'm not sure if any articulated a system similar to what Mann advocated, FWIW.
6 posted on
03/22/2010 2:56:41 PM PDT by
OldDeckHand
(USA - b. July 4, 1776 / d. March 21, 2010)
To: LS
The Founders? As I understand it, the first support for “public” education was in the form of a voucher.
18 posted on
03/22/2010 3:14:42 PM PDT by
MrChips
(MrChips)
To: LS
While we're killing public education, let's get to work rendering idiotic decisions like this one -- and the court decisions behind them -- meaningless.
A friend of mine went through this with one of his kids. When the school "outlawed" the musical piece in question, the kid just went ahead and played it anyway.
Case closed.
25 posted on
03/22/2010 3:36:57 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
(God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
To: LS
Jefferson advocated public funding of education yet maintained that schools, (elementary, district colleges, and university), be managed by the private sector.
Source: Jefferson's sixth annual message to Congress
41 posted on
03/23/2010 11:51:43 AM PDT by
jla
(Obama & Co. vs. Jefferson & Madison - my money's on the latter)
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