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To: Fangorn who wrote (97006)2/10/1999 5:45:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit  Read Replies (2) of 176388
 
Steven, again this is not true: What you fail to mention about public schools is that prior to the fifties and sixties they were controlled by local boards of parents who picked the teachers and curriculum

For example, I went to school in NY State. There were state-wide requirements and curricula (which were set by the Board of Regents). Similar mechanisms existed in many other states. Horace Mann, whom I mentioned in a previous post to Freeus was responsible for amalgamating a hodgepodge of public schools into a statewide system. He was also responsible for setting up a series of "Normal Schools" for the training of teachers.

Without free public education we would have a society mired in class distinctions. It is too horrific a thing to think about.

TTFN,
CTC

IMO, the problem that we have with education right now is public "culture". We have media (movies and TV) that vie for the public dollar by glorifying violence, ignorance and insolence and ridiculing those who are educated. We have educational systems whose salaries are so low that they cannot possibly compete with private enterprise for the best and the brightest. And we have a mentality that has grown up in some minority communities that there is no point to education.

Someone once quipped "What would happen if the Air Force had to have a bake sale to fund bombers, and we got all the money we needed for libraries?"

TTFN,
CTC
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