In America Parents and politicians must stop believing the Education Establishment's propaganda that says teaching a child in the twenty-first century is different and must be more high tech than in days past. It simply isn't so. In much the same way as the race card is played, zero tolerance policies provide those with a liberal social agenda the means to attack their enemies and indoctrinate your children. The State of Education in America Today Doug Gamble Today a battle is being waged by the big central government. There are problems we can't solve, like AIDS, and problems we won't solve.
Education falls into the second category.
The public schools cannot be reformed because they're not failing. They're succeeding beyond all expectations at precisely what they're supposed to be. In a battle over power and money, California officials are targeting homeschoolers with truancy laws. The winner of the 2000 National Spelling Bee explains what the life of a home schooled student is like. The education establishment clearly does not want reform, and it will go to great lengths to avoid it while reaping the benefits of taxpayers' largesse.