Inherent evils of public education

Public schools have serious problems.  Regular readers here should know me as a defender of public education, especially in the Thomas Jefferson/James Madison model of a foundation stone for a free people and essential tool for good government in a democratic republic.

Can you take another view?  Here’s one that should offer serious material for thought:  How the Public School System Crushes Souls.

Tip of the old scrub brush to Pick the Brain.

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2 Responses to “Inherent evils of public education”

  1. Ed Darrell Says:
    May 11, 2007 at 3:26 pm

    And isn’t that a shame? It rings so true for so many of us – even those of us who weren’t strangers in a strange education land in high school.

    I might write a rebuttal, but a soft rebuttal, showing a different possibility.

  2. John Wesley Says:
    May 11, 2007 at 10:39 am

    That post on the public school system might be the best blog post I’ve read all year.

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