Academic Bill of Rights Sweeps Georgia Senate, 41-5

Front Page Magazine ^ | 3/34/2004 | Sara Dogan

[SteveH]

Brown vs Board of Edu. is in my opinion one of the worst things to happen to education in my 61 yrs. Along with theacher tenure and nogood frigging unions.

There is a U.S. News and World Report (current issue, Mar. 22-29, 2004) article on Brown v. Board of Education, for its 50th anniversary (something like "50 years after Brown")...

See

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040322/home.htm

and

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040322/usnews/22opener.htm

Cover Story 3/22/04
50 Years After Brown

From the vantage point of 2004 it is obvious: Why educate children separately based on the color of their skin? And yet when the Supreme Court handed down its decision on May 17, 1954, what it had to say was shocking. In Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, the justices ruled that the principle of "separate but equal" schools would not stand. Suddenly, it seemed, the nation was facing an issue that had not been settled even by the Civil War. Was every American equal before the law?

...

[Needless to say, I think US News and World Report would disagree with that assessment...]

[SteveH]

Now let's see the State of Georgia try to enforce it.

I suspect the notion is that this is just the first salvo. Possibly one intent is to permit citizens, students, and media a spotlight on violations of the spirit of the resolution. Another possibility is that such blatant violations of the spirit of the resolution may lead to a groundswell of public support for reform of higher institutions of education in some manner or another (visualize lit torches held by angry swirling mobs under ivory towers ;-) ;-) ;-).

[Carry_Okie]

visualize lit torches held by angry swirling mobs under ivory towers

Ain't gonna happen. The only way to beat these creeps is through competition. That means home education. We have to be so good that the system will tolerate us. The mere existence of a market in home education will drive creation of the virtual university. The success of its graduates will create a groundswell to get in. Bricks and mortar institutions will then be an anachronism. The public will see them as the fiscal black hole that they are and cut off the money.

The entire educational system in this country must collapse. It's the only way.

[SteveH]

Ain't gonna happen. The only way to beat these creeps is through competition. That means home education. We have to be so good that the system will tolerate us. The mere existence of a market in home education will drive creation of the virtual university. The success of its graduates will create a groundswell to get in. Bricks and mortar institutions will then be an anachronism. The public will see them as the fiscal black hole that they are and cut off the money.

As with the ABOR and the Georgia Senate Resolution, I was referring to higher education, not pre-school, primary, or secondary education. (Note: this is not to detract from your contention above in any way... ;-)

The entire educational system in this country must collapse. It's the only way.

Why, you educational anarchist, you... ;-)