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> Society should care whether parents are providing a base level of education and opportunity to these kids. And society should also care whether government-ru
by pdonis 3y ago
> Society should care whether parents are providing a base level of education and opportunity to these kids.
And society should also care whether government-run public schools are doing this--not to mention whether they are indoctrinating children with values that many parents disagree with.
- mikeyouse 3y agoSociety does care about that, hence why the public school standards are all public, school boards are elected, and there's broad democratic oversight.
- pdonis 3y agoThe standards are public, yes, but that does not mean they are standards that a majority of the public agrees with. They are set by unelected bureaucrats. School boards are elected, but I don't think "broad democractic oversight" is a fair description. In any case, none of the things you mention prevented the US public school system from being explicitly set up to indoctrinate children, as explicitly described by the people who set it up. So to the extent that society in the US cares about educating children, it cares about educating them according to a particular political agenda that many people do not agree with. That is a major reason why homeschooling continues to increase in popularity.