Socialist Public Schools In America In the former socialist-communist Soviet Union, for example, the government owned all property and all the schools. In America, public schools are also government property, controlled by local government officials. In Soviet Russia, the government forced all parents to send their children to government-controlled schools. In America, compulsory-attendance laws in all fifty states force parents to...... Similar Editorial : by jarberman. | Source : Online Distance Learning Courses
Parents Demand Dumbed-Down Tests Holding schools and teachers accountable, and expecting students to demonstrate what they’ve learned, sounds like a good idea. But this Act means that badly-taught students, victims of dumbed-down texts and bad teaching methods like new math and whole-language instruction, now have to pass difficult standardized tests they are not ready for.As a result, millions of students may fail these tests,...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Creative Kids Crafts
Vouchers --- Parents, Dont Depend On Them Some of these voucher programs are tax credit programs, whether personal or corporate, and cover only a fraction of tuition costs. The voucher programs have various restrictions that limit their benefits to a relatively small number of children (such as the Florida programs that are limited to disabled students or to schools that get an ‘F’ grade).Also, many of these programs pay only part of the...... Source : Early Childhood Issues
