At least 9 major assumptions describe the perimeter of the public schooling ideology. Together they warrant a general distrust of parents and they arise from a view that there is one system of values that is best for everyone. The State will prescribe this value code for all. Taken together the assumptions form a kind of civil gospel in which significant dissent is pronounced unacceptable to the State, the political system and the national culture as it is presented by the State. The Nine Assumptions of Modern Schooling 1.
Government school is the essential force for social cohesion.
It cannot happen any other way. A bureaucratized public order is our defense against chaos and anarchy. Children from different backgrounds and from families with different beliefs must be mixed together. The certifiable expertise of official schoolteachers is superior to that of lay people including parents. The protection of children from the uncertified is a compelling public concern.