Some Wicked Friends of Public Schools

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A lamentable appellate court decision this month in California shows, there is a dark side to government trying to control the education of children. When compulsory education of children slides into compulsory education of children in a politically correct manner, then compulsory education becomes a mere pretext to indoctrinate.

There are many effective systems of teaching children basic skills and the building blocks of learning. Homeschooling can work. Private schools can work. Public schools also can work. It is fair for society to insist that parents make sure that children grow up literate and conversant with basic science, history and mathematics. It is unfair for society to insist that parents only follow a prescribed path to the education of their children...

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