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Outside of corporal punishment, which is a divisive topic, the only thing I can think of are a) not making school compulsory, and b) not tying government money

Outside of corporal punishment, which is a divisive topic, the only thing I can think of are a) not making school compulsory, and b) not tying government money to headcount. If you have problem kids, expel them immediately and let the parents figure out the education. Which goes back in a way to my initial point - you have to at some point pick who's in charge. We've decided as a society it's the parents, so make public education an easily revokable privilege. Right now we seem to have chosen the worst of both worlds - forcing kids to spend time with untouchable psychopaths all day every day.

TimorousBestie 1y ago
> If you have problem kids, expel them immediately and let the parents figure out the education. This is a non-starter if homeschooling is also as unregulated as it currently is in the States. Parents who abuse homeschooling to intentionally undereducate their children is a serious and growing problem.
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- duskwuff 1y ago
  And that's for parents who choose to homeschool. If you start trying to force parents to homeschool their (poorly behaved) children, most of them probably won't (and/or can't) follow through.
- silisili 1y ago
  Then let the military run the schools and cede power to the educators for discipline. You can't have it both ways. I don't blame most homeschool parents for not wanting their children indoctrinated by what's been happening the last few years. At some point, we need to pick a sane path. Today's system is literally the worst of every world to where we have daily school shootings and parents with any money at all opting out.
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mc32 1y ago
While not common, it used to be a thing to see kids suspended and sometimes kicked out of school for being troublemakers. There has to be consequences and pushback for kids who cannot help themselves but interrupt class and make trouble inside the hallways and outside the school grounds.

TimorousBestie 1y ago

> If you have problem kids, expel them immediately and let the parents figure out the education. This is a non-starter if homeschooling is also as unregulated as it currently is in the States. Parents who abuse homeschooling to intentionally undereducate their children is a serious and growing problem.

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duskwuff 1y ago
And that's for parents who choose to homeschool. If you start trying to force parents to homeschool their (poorly behaved) children, most of them probably won't (and/or can't) follow through.
silisili 1y ago
Then let the military run the schools and cede power to the educators for discipline. You can't have it both ways. I don't blame most homeschool parents for not wanting their children indoctrinated by what's been happening the last few years. At some point, we need to pick a sane path. Today's system is literally the worst of every world to where we have daily school shootings and parents with any money at all opting out.
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mc32 1y ago

While not common, it used to be a thing to see kids suspended and sometimes kicked out of school for being troublemakers. There has to be consequences and pushback for kids who cannot help themselves but interrupt class and make trouble inside the hallways and outside the school grounds.