Comments on: The real problem with public education. http://tucsoncitizen.com/tired-tucson-teacher/2012/11/12/the-real-problem-with-public-education/ After hanging up my classroom teaching spurs, so to speak, I want to spend some time discussing important educational issues and I want to know what you think. Fri, 17 May 2013 03:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Forced School http://tucsoncitizen.com/tired-tucson-teacher/2012/11/12/the-real-problem-with-public-education/#comment-977 Forced School Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:20:00 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/tired-tucson-teacher/?p=120#comment-977 The author’s assertions about the negative effects of privatizing education have been argued and analyzed for many years – especially by people with a limited knowledge of economics. Why do we not provide food, housing and employment to everyone through government monopolies since free-markets are considered unfair and inequitable? I think we saw the evidence of how well that worked during the last century in various communisitic societies. Also, the false distinction between public “secular” and private “religious” schools is one of the most outrageous myths of our time. Our public schools clearly inculcate a worldview that attempts to replace whatever the parents may have provided their children at home. Just ponder how these basic issues about mankind are addressed in our school systems: 1.origins, 2. meaning 3. morals, and 4. destiny.

However, I think the worst aspect of compulsory public schools is the conflict of interest of having government molding the minds of its citizens.

PS: Contrary to the article’s assertion about the existence of religious schools, Oregon, in the 1920′s, required attendance at public schools – private schools were effectively banned. The Supreme Court killed that idea in Pierce v Society of Sisters (1925).

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