"The problem is that the values being taught in government schools are chosen not by parents but by the State or what I call the Education Deep State (i.e., federal and state departments of education, teachers’ colleges, teachers’ unions, school boards, curriculum designers and textbook publishers). Parents are excluded entirely from this process."
Brad, I think you have expressed the problem perfectly. For the foreseeable future, the best response is: Just Walk Away.
Mar 24, 2022·edited Mar 24, 2022Liked by C. Bradley Thompson
These articles are difficult to read for me as I have two daughters in school currently. They and my wife are not open to entertaining home-schooling although we could make it work. I have looked at a good number of private schools and I have not found any schools in my current area without significant issues.
While state schooling is a dead end, Current private institutions may be reformable. I see mixed evidence from conversations with parents where putting collective pressure on administrators could bring improvements. For example, 25% of the Families withdrawing their kids or refusing to pay tuition. I am not entirely sure of the feasibility of this since most schools either receive payment upfront or from a contracted payment service that includes “payment insurance”.
Ultimately, new schools need to be formed, even if in the living room of homes. People will have to get over lack of “Accreditation”.
"The problem is that the values being taught in government schools are chosen not by parents but by the State or what I call the Education Deep State (i.e., federal and state departments of education, teachers’ colleges, teachers’ unions, school boards, curriculum designers and textbook publishers). Parents are excluded entirely from this process."
Brad, I think you have expressed the problem perfectly. For the foreseeable future, the best response is: Just Walk Away.
These articles are difficult to read for me as I have two daughters in school currently. They and my wife are not open to entertaining home-schooling although we could make it work. I have looked at a good number of private schools and I have not found any schools in my current area without significant issues.
While state schooling is a dead end, Current private institutions may be reformable. I see mixed evidence from conversations with parents where putting collective pressure on administrators could bring improvements. For example, 25% of the Families withdrawing their kids or refusing to pay tuition. I am not entirely sure of the feasibility of this since most schools either receive payment upfront or from a contracted payment service that includes “payment insurance”.
Ultimately, new schools need to be formed, even if in the living room of homes. People will have to get over lack of “Accreditation”.