Why do liberal control the education system?

by **garbhach65** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:48 am

The United States was founded, formed and grew to international prominence and prestige without compulsory schooling and with virtually no government involvement in schooling. Before the advent of government-controlled schools, literacy was high (91-97% in the North, 81% in the South), private and community schools proliferated, and people cared about education and acted on their desire to learn and have their children learn.

. From the outset of the first settlements in the New World, Americans founded and successfully maintained a de-centralized network of schools up through the 1850s. For the first 150 years of America's settlement and the first 50 to 75 years of the nation's existence, government schooling as it is known today did not exist.

Early America was arguably the freest civil society that has ever existed. This freedom extended to education, which meant that parents were responsible for, and had complete control of, their children's schooling. There were no accrediting agencies, no regulatory boards, and no teacher certification requirements. Parents could choose whatever kind of school or education they wanted for their children, and no one was forced to pay for education they did not use or approve of.

Americans were as innovative about education as they were about everything else. They started private schools, hired tutors, taught their children at home, taught themselves. As the country grew, private schooling of many varieties grew and complemented the many other options. But there were always the reformers, the people who thought they knew better than everyone else and felt they had the right to force their views on others — by law, if no one would cooperate otherwise.Public education today is a product of more than a century of reform and revision [mid 1800s to present].

by **winwood** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:09 am

Brainwash the kiddies . The results are in OWS

by **devon** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:12 am

the female literacy was about 53% for the entire period 1731-1800 in the New England states.

at the same time in RI try a 20.8% rate for Non-white males
6.3% for Non-white females.

So much for your theory about the literacy being so high back then.

by **dana** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:18 am

Nice history lesson, but the fact is that liberals tend to value education and conservatives do not. Look at the FOX staff. If it wasn't for O'Reilly, their combined educational credits wouldn't get them an associate's degree at a city college.

by **lawly1** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:20 am

The GOP reject education and Liberals celebrate it. You have a choice in a democratic country...don't go to school, if you hate it.

by **motega** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:29 am

The GOP reject education and Liberals celebrate it. You have a choice in a democratic country...don't go to school, if you hate it.

"Why do liberal control the education system?". What is wrong with this question? Hahaha!

by **cleirach70** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:40 am

Well, for one... they can't have adults that are going to discriminate against kids that are gay, transgendered, or even different races running the school system. That may be one reason.

by **elton** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:45 am

Well, for one... they can't have adults that are going to discriminate against kids that are gay, transgendered, or even different races running the school system. That may be one reason.

I guess scientific facts are a liberal thing.

by **erwin** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:47 am

Well, for one... they can't have adults that are going to discriminate against kids that are gay, transgendered, or even different races running the school system. That may be one reason.

I guess scientific facts are a liberal thing.

Those that can - do

those who can't - teach

by **nissim42** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:03 am

They control education because Republicans, according to them, are anti education.

Republicans want to give parent the right to choose the best school for their children, and Liberals don't like that idea. Republicans want to give poor children vouchers for private schools, and Liberals don't like that idea. Republicans want the federal government out of the classroom, and Liberals don't like that idea. Republicans want teachers to be accountable for the success of their students and Liberals don't like that idea. These views are supposedly "anti education" and the posters above me prove it.

You see, "If you can read this, thank a teacher" only applies when the child can actually read. According to Liberals, it's the parents fault when they can not.

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