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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (35117)	11/2/1998 5:02:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

We already have that split (different standards for different folks) in Missouri without "alternatives" to public education. Judges without a lick of common sense gave Kansas City some of the most expensive facilities imaginable while kids in rural areas are lucky to get books. Diversity is fine as long as it is real academics, MB. We should study peoples, traditions and languages from all cultures. That's not the point -- it's all this stuff that is disguised as academic thought. Even you'll have to admit some of the new diversity "stuff" is just political brainwashing. I think the problem is lumping a whole list of issues together instead of separately examining what works and what does not work. >>That cannot be done without spending money, without parental involvement and without community involvement. Isolating folks ain't the way to achieve that.<< Parental involvement is key, but the only way to encourage that is to give parents more a feeling of "ownership" in their schools. That means choices being made at the local level instead of federal mandates. I think that the idea that those who would send their kids to private schools are copping out and letting their kids be raised by others is unfair. My view is that the "it takes a village" crowd wants to foster such a dependency on the public schools so they can simply indoctrinate kids with politically correct thoughts. Honestly, what can the government do to get parents to take an interest in their kids? The Republicans have some ideas at the margin, but ultimately there is little governments can do to make parents act responsibily. What kids need to learn is 1) How to learn and 2) How to think critically. My perception is that there was much more of an effort along these lines when I was in school than there is now. I agree that everyone should have an opportunity for a good education. IMO, there are legitimate ways of accomplishing this besides simply increasing spending and making every school teach the exact same things.