OT: RE: hmmm.....: suddenly a debate on public education?

Check out the following:
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Also check your state's constitution. North Carolina's, for instance, has the following:

ARTICLE IX
EDUCATION
Section 1. Education encouraged. Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools, libraries, and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. Sec. 2. Uniform system of schools.
(1) General and uniform system; term. The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year, and wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students. (2) Local responsibility. The General Assembly may assign to units of local government such responsibility for the financial support of the free public schools as it may deem appropriate. The governing boards of units of local government with financial responsibility for public education may use local revenues to add to or supplement any public school or post-secondary school program.

Remember, the Federal government is not the only government, nor is it even the most important one in terms of our day-to-day lives.

My $0.02

Diana Duncan

Gary said
>I don't know how this thread got started, or where it's going, but since it
showed up in my inbox, here's my $.02: Vouchers are a good start, but the real solution is no more public education. When did it become the government's job to run the schools? Did I miss that amendment to the Received on Tue Oct 31 2000 - 14:58:00 CST