GOVERNMENT-RUN EDUCATION AND THE FOLLY OF INDIFFERENCE

When anyone asks, of course, we say there is nothing more important than how we educate our children. But words are cheap. Most of us don’t give the education of children much thought. We may even have a rather naïve notion about school. Supposedly, a good school is where some smart, dedicated person pumps the 3R’s– reading, writing, and arithmetic — into a child’s brain. Does not work that way.

It takes considerable effort to educate children. Parents, teachers, and the community have to work together to create a safe and healthy environment, agree upon what the children need to learn and how children should be taught, provide funding, hire trusted teachers, and so forth. All that doesn’t just happen, and we can’t just leave it to the “experts.” Unfortunately, in our busy world, most parents and grandparents think they have done…