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The worst part of the government-run “public” school system is that too many of the people working for it are terribly confused about where the majority of learning takes place.
Obvious to most thinking human beings is the notion that life is one big learning process. Public school employees think they hold the monopoly on teaching. They believe that in order to be a teacher you must be trained and certified. You might want to read this:
Read MoreFrom the Center for Education Reform: The term “Blob” cropped up years ago when reformers began trying to work with the education establishment and ran smack into the more than 200 groups, associations, federations,…
Read MoreWhat constitutes “intelligence”—human mental acuity—is exactly like athletic ability. I don’t care how smart a person is, they’re not smart in all areas of life. The parallel with athletics is clear—even the most talented…
Read MoreThe most informed “choir” in human history continues to do almost nothing to fix America’s public school system. What choir am I referring to? Political conservatives who listen to talk radio, watch Fox News, and read all the excellent research and commentary via the think tanks, magazines, and the web.
Read MoreSmart, platform-supporting Republicans need to begin paying attention to their local school districts. Emphasis is on the words “smart” and “platform-supporting.”
If there was a real Republican Party in Illinois, evidence of it would be apparent on the hundreds of school boards across the state. Instead, except for very few exceptions, public school boards are dominated by teacher union-endorsed and other conflict-of-interest-ridden board members.
Read MoreFor all the legitimate complaints about the news media, the fact remains that quite often good information about the ridiculousness of government reaches the public. The next time some lame Republican politician whines about the media, ask him four questions.
Read MoreTwo of the best school reform minds have detailed the similarities between the big three American car companies and the bloated public school system.
Bailing out Detroit’s isn’t all that different from what we’ve witnessed for decades regarding education funding. Both are bloated entities that cling to a failed model.
Read MoreParents who have chosen to pull their kids out of the mess that is the public schools already understand that the education of their children is no one else’s responsibility but their own.
For the rest of the parents who for whatever reason continue to avail themselves of publicly funded K-12 childcare, we hope the majority of them realize the limitations of the public school system.
Read MoreSpending on education is up, student achievement is at best static, and the chief blocking mechanism to needed reform is the teachers unions. So what role do locally elected school boards play? What share of the responsibility is theirs?
Read MoreCarrie Lukas of the non-partisan Independent Women’s Forum wrote this late last year:
“Despite our massive spending on elementary and secondary education, too many of America’s children receive a mediocre education that simply does not prepare them to compete with their peers internationally.
Read MoreThe teachers unions and school administrators have plenty of incentives to make sure spending is increased on the public school system. Their livelihood and continued economic and political power depends upon their success in…
Read MoreFormer Delaware Governor Pete Du Pont wrote the following about America’s public schools in the Wall Street Journal: “It isn’t a money problem, for a great deal more money is being spent on education. It isn’t…
Read MoreTo use economic terminology, the school reform debate is about a bottom line: student achievement. After years of pouring money into the public schools, public school students have not shown commensurate improvement in academic…
Read MoreThe teachers unions are the reason we’re not getting what we’re paying for in our public schools. David Denholm, president of the Public Service Research Foundation summed it up succinctly: Indeed, if anything is ever going…
Read MoreDavid Denholm has written extensively on the subject of school reform and the problem of the teachers unions, and serves as the President of the Public Service Research Foundation located in Vienna, Virginia. In his…
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