| | It just seems like it would be a virtually impossible task, even assuming you could run for and win any office in the state! Boy, do I know that! One thing's for sure, it's not going to happen over night. Because the federal government has laws in place that mandate education to the 10th grade (I think, I'm not positive on that), and provides tons of funding to public schools, it's really got to start at a grass roots level, and work it's way up. It'll never happen from the top down, (unless Congress finally gets a backbone and passes voucher legislation). I can see small conservative districts working with private education, creating a model for other districts and communities to follow.
Just think of the huge top down step it would be if one state passed it's own educational voucher bill, distributing state and federal educational funds directly to parents! Wow! Even in the poorest districts, there's enough to give parents the control to send their kids to great schools, or even hire private teachers in a neighborhood setting. Groups of parents can get together and hire the best they can afford. Lots of young talented teachers would jump at this kind of opportunity to teach small groups of students, working directly with parents, instead of government bureaucracy.
Parent's (most, anyway) aren't stupid. Even under-educated parents can figure out if what their kids are learning comes from a high enough standard, and fix it if the curriculum is too dumbed down. They just have to care enough to stay on top of it.
The real test comes from the SATs the kids take at the end. Think of how easy it would be to gage that standard through a child's education.
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