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You can keep pushing that view, but it is too narrow to be of use whatsoever. The government here is structured to make public schooling answerable to local co
by omegaworks 8y ago
You can keep pushing that view, but it is too narrow to be of use whatsoever.
The government here is structured to make public schooling answerable to local concerns and funded by local taxes. It's the barest minimum government you can apply.
Private schooling only amplifies the issues with this system. It has all the same problems, along with not needing to be transparent or accountable to the public.
- behringer 8y agoIt isn't too narrow, it's the exact problem. The US has failed to protect the people, it has failed to protect our planet, and it has failed to protect anybody but the rich. The US government is fundamentally flawed.
- dorchadas 8y ago> The US government is fundamentally flawed. I think part of this stems from how much power the states have, to be honest. There's no overarching system of, say, education that can really be used to hold States accountable for what they teach and appropriation of funds and such. Sure, they're bound by some regulations if they accept federal funding, but it's nowhere near enough. They can choose willy-nilly to just change it up, by stopping the federal funding...which is often a decision made on politics rather than what's good for the kids. Not to mention that American secondary schools are going through an identity crisis, as I see it.
- goliatone 8y agoFlawed unless you are one of the rich you mention. I think things work rather well for a few and rather terrible for many, the question is how much longer things will keep working so well for the few?