Holy Barbarians

Lee Duigon / The Chalcedon Foundation:
The Push for Nationalized Academic Standards: "The time has come for a serious consideration of national academic standards," says the president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten. "A coalition of education leaders, advocacy groups, and teachers’ unions is pushing for the development of nationalized common academic standards," reports U. S. News & World Report. The plan, warns the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), is "to potentially eliminate virtually all state control over the education system and centralize education in Washington, D. C., through nationalized standards, which would lead to nationalized curriculum, tests, and textbooks." What's it all about? Does Congress intend for federal bureaucrats to impose a "one-size-fits-all" public education regime on all fifty states, covering thousands of local school districts? Will the feds be content to micromanage public education, or will they try to corral Christian schools and family homeschools, too?

Posted by Editor at November 25, 2009 12:49 AM