Conservatives have more to contribute to education policy than just "school choice," Dr. Gary Houchens writes as he recalls his religious and educational journey.
On about the same time you converted from socialism to libertarianism, Michael Lind wrote this in his book about his conversion from conservativism to liberalism:
"If the conservatives who bemoan the supposed inferiority of American schools to Japanese and German schools were sincere, one would expect them to favor Japanese and German remedies—national funding of local schools, national standards imposed by an education ministry, little if any role for parents in the choice of curricula. In other words, if conservatives were sincere in their admiration of Japanese and German education, they should favor, not the privatization of education, but a system of public education far more centralized, bureaucratic, and uniform than the one that we have. Instead, they complain that our decentralized school system is worse than the centralized systems of Europe and East Asia—and call for further decentralization."
Lind, Michael. Up from Conservatism (p. 166).
Americans act like the rest of the world doesn't exist, and that we can't look to the policies of other wealthy, developed countries for guidance.
On about the same time you converted from socialism to libertarianism, Michael Lind wrote this in his book about his conversion from conservativism to liberalism:
"If the conservatives who bemoan the supposed inferiority of American schools to Japanese and German schools were sincere, one would expect them to favor Japanese and German remedies—national funding of local schools, national standards imposed by an education ministry, little if any role for parents in the choice of curricula. In other words, if conservatives were sincere in their admiration of Japanese and German education, they should favor, not the privatization of education, but a system of public education far more centralized, bureaucratic, and uniform than the one that we have. Instead, they complain that our decentralized school system is worse than the centralized systems of Europe and East Asia—and call for further decentralization."
Lind, Michael. Up from Conservatism (p. 166).
Americans act like the rest of the world doesn't exist, and that we can't look to the policies of other wealthy, developed countries for guidance.