CHARTER/RELIGIOUS/PRIVATE/HOME SCHOOLS vs. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

 

THE PROBLEM

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Many public schools did not offer full-time in-school, face-to-face education during the Pandemic; the on-line “Zoom” classes that were offered were not effective for most students.  However, Private, Religious  and Charter schools were, for the most part, fully open during the Pandemic.  Why the large difference between public schools and the others?  The short answer is that the Teachers Unions, for a number of reasons, wouldn’t allow their members to return to classroom teaching.  Local governments agreed to incentives that the Unions demanded, but it wasn’t good enough. Because most public schools usually had predominantly minority students, the bad effects of schools being locked down fell mostly on them.  So what should parents do to prevent their children from ever being affected again like this or if they do not want their children being taught harmful, racist theories?

THE SOLUTION

IF YOU COULD AFFORD IT, putting your children in religious or charter schools is the answer.  Charter schools are so popular that they run lotteries to select their students, so parents  should sign up their children for the lotteries.  Some States have passed legislation that give parents education money to send their children to the schools they want to send them to (see Thomas Sowell’s book, “Charter Schools and Their Enemies”).  In addition, many public schools have morphed into indoctrination-institutions for brainwashing children, teaching racist theories such as “Critical Race Theory” and the “1619 Project” while at the same time not teaching the greatness of the founding of America, the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.  These are not simply insignificant teachings, they turned children into self-hating anti-Americans, so many public schools have become something to avoid.

IF YOU COULD NOT AFFORD IT, what should parents have done if their children were stuck in partially locked-down public schools or if they observed their children being taught half-baked theories?  I believe the answer is to: 1) attend and speak up at local school board meetings, 2)  get elected to local school boards to change curriculums, 3) provide children with materials that give the accurate side of history, such as those offered on-line like PraegerU.com. (in accordance with the philosophy that the best remedy is to offer more free speech, not to shut down speech you disagree with), contact “Parents Against Critical (Race) Theory” [info@stoplcpscrt.com], 4) pressure politicians to change funding of schools by having public education funds follow the children so that parents could choose what schools to send their children to and control their children’s education instead of the Teachers Unions, and 5) Home School children.

CLOSING

Many public schools, as well as private schools, can longer be trusted to simply teach our children, instead of indoctrinating or “brainwashing” them.  The safest course is to get them out of public schools.  If that’s not possible, then consider homeschooling.  With all of the guidance available…it’s dot difficult.  If that’s not possible, then closely watch everything your child’s school does and complain to your school board when necessary or better yet, run for a spot on your school board.