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Originally Posted by bullseyebarb
The feds need to get out of the public school business.
For the amount of money we are spending on them, every school should be top drawer. Alas, this is not the case.....particularly in the inner cities. Why do you suppose home schooling is growing by leaps and bounds? Why are so many parents demanding vouchers so that they can get their kids into better schools? I, too, live in an area with pretty decent schools - but we also have a tremendous amount of parental involvement here. That's key to a better school system.
I am not an anarchist. Government has its role to play, but that role should be a limited one.
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I was not talking about the Federal government specifically. Many of your libertarian fellow travellers want to stop funding public education altogether. And, I would note, that when confronted about your sweepting generalizations, you suddenly try to narrow the scope. Poor form!
Home schooling is growing, in large part, because there are folks who wish their kids to remain ignorant on certain subjects, such as evolution.