How lucky Oklahomans are to be so poorly paid! How progressive that the state recognizes no standards for home schooling! We certainly would not want standards to interfere with educational outcomes that, among the states, rank....oh well, never mind.

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Re: Can We Afford Education?

5/ 3/2008 - 3:21pm

Schools are actually doing quite well in some areas, though poorly in others. The statistical averages do not make distinctions. It would have been nice if the writer could have looked a little deeper, but ideology repels depth and subtlety. When schools perform poorly, it is usually because they are in areas where they are asked to remedy a host of ills that having nothing to do with formal education (e.g., substitute parenting, discipline, crowd control, and even basic nutrition). Demanding that teachers and schools to do more is futile until we ask ourselves, as parents and community leaders, to inspire and manage our children.

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