November 5th, Ron Paul Options

[jonathan83]

http://thisnovember5th.com/

just curious if anyone is actually planning on donating $100?
there seems to be a lot of Ron Paul support on here, so are you putting your money where your mouth is?

see the video Lance posted for more info here: http://www.techsans.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4810

[Spectatrix]

With public education standards and regulations in the hands of federal government, feedback from the people that really matter -- the parents -- goes virtually unnoticed. The closer to home it's controlled, the more impact the voice of the people has. Why do private schools typically have higher quality graduates than public schools? It's not just about money (though, admittedly, teachers do need to be paid more). It's about parental involvement and pressure. They can effect change there because it's run locally.

It also gives states a little more room for experimentation. If they try some technique or setup and it fails to give the results they wanted, other states benefit from that experience and, in turn, the state with failed policies gets to learn from the states that are doing well. As is, with failed policies like No Child Left Behind, everyone suffers and has to scramble to find the next thing to propose and try.

I would actually propose not that the Department of Education be abolished altogether, but that its role change from that of a regulatory agency to an observer that facilitates communication between the state education departments for the betterment of all.

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Nov 6 2007, 02:45 PM