The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

From her point of view it seems to be. She's keeping her kids out of it until it has been changed into an institution more to here approval.

And no, being a parent of a child in a district should not be a requirement. Being a parent does not grant magic insight into the task of education. In fact, I could see it being viewed as a conflict of interest. Kind of like saying you have to own an oil well before you can be on a mineral resources board.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

From her point of view it seems to be. She's keeping her kids out of it until it has been changed into an institution more to here approval.

Certainly. But I draw a distinction between wanting reform and being openly hostile.

It's not that fact that she homeschools that bothered me, it's the fact that she homeschools and considers public school "the enemy".

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Certainly. But I draw a distinction between wanting reform and being openly hostile.

While I disagree with why she's openly hostile, I don't think there's necessarily a conflict for being so. If she were to get her way and the entire curriculum were changed to one that was no longer at odds with her Christian faith, I'd certainly hope that any reform minded people who made it onto the board would be openly hostile to the school system and if I had any I'd keep my kids out of it until that change were achieved.

Though I'm curious how she views her reforms as eliminating the unconstitutional nature of public schools. There's an argument there to be made (though it ignores 150 years of civil reality; though if Clarence Thomas can hold the view that the 8th Amendment should be frozen in 1787, rolling back views of government role in education back a 100+ years isn't so odd) but tinkering with the specifics of curriculum does nothing to address it.