[fporretto]

This is very upsetting, yet, paradoxically, it could be the final nail in the coffin for government-run schools.

Parents have put up with a great deal from the government schools these past fifty years, but this deliberate preachment of a hugely destructive message to vulnerable, impressionable kids as young as five years old is probably beyond their tolerance threshold. It will accelerate the trend toward homeschooling and put additional weight behind all the school-choice movements. Anti-tax movements might also receive a boost, at least at the state and local levels, since a huge percent of all state and local expenditures go to the government school system. (Here in NY, it's more than 50%.)

This could be the final tug on the demand curve that empties the government schools below the point of viability. At any rate, we can hope.

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[Lady Eileen]

This could be the final tug on the demand curve that empties the government schools below the point of viability. At any rate, we can hope.

That is my prayer.

[IrishBrigade]

Unfortunately, the public schools enjoy the shield of Americans' love of nostalgia...we remember our public education with fondness. When push comes to shove, people will not abandon the idyllic visions of the public school, and will support education initiatives no matter how vexing and obviously wrong headed. The next time a local school district faces a teacher strike (a disgraceful proposition in our day)read the letters to the editor in the newspaper, and marvel at the support these tax funded leeches generate. As long as public education enjoys its phony imprimatur, things will only get more degenerate...