tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511955047151145854.post1118047960377216952..comments2024-02-07T00:13:08.642-08:00Comments on Not One More Gun Law: On "Common Core" Education StandardsCharlie Foxtrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15585447523050711767noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511955047151145854.post-29350979755629390922014-09-13T08:39:15.752-07:002014-09-13T08:39:15.752-07:00Great post, Archer.
Common Core raises my liberta...Great post, Archer.<br /><br />Common Core raises my libertarian (small "L") hackles. A one size fits all, top down, Federally mandated and controlled education system --- what could (not) go wrong? The last 70 years of education in America has been one of increasing centralization, government mandates, politicization, crushing unionization, exponentially growing expense, and plunging results.Look at the festering holes the public schools are in nowadays - this will only make it worse. <br /><br />I would point out the Catholic school system: using tried and true methods they turn out much better educated students for much less than half the disclosed cost of public schools. If the Catholic school is failing, market forces correct it damn quick, as parents are free to move their children to better schools. With only limited exceptions, children are sentenced to a certain public school, regardless of its performance. A failing public school system demands more money and help from the various education bureaucracies, that I would say is largely stems from those selfsame bureaucracies. Charlie Foxtrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585447523050711767noreply@blogger.com