Comments on: “Race To The Top” is fixed: just say No!

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By: Jan Brewer appointed to Obama’s imperial “Council of Governors” | Arizona Tenth Amendment Center

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:48:05 +0000

[...] this just another case of Arizona’s Governor chasing the President’s old “Carrot on a Stick“? Is it just me, or is there a pattern developing [...]

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:40:41 +0000

I read the "Benchmarking for Success…" and while as you mentioned in your article on the surface it seems harmless, it is not. I noticed the group "Achieve" as a "collaborator" to this report. So digging further I "checked them out" . If you have the opportunity to do so, I suggest you do. The implications of RTTT go even beyond our federal government taking over education. This is serious.

By: DerekSheriff

DerekSheriff — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:33:58 +0000

It is so unfortunate that states' rights has been pegged to slavery and segregation for so long. In reality, the states' rights tradition is in no way inherently racist or pro-segregation. Tom Woods has worked tirelessly to dispel this myth and in this video he gives one example among many about how states' rights were invoked to resist unjust and unconstitutional fugitive slave laws in the 1820's. I hope you will check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qd5Lo4BsmM

By: DerekSheriff

DerekSheriff — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:27:13 +0000

Awesome comment Terry! I hope you don't mind if I re-post it. I wish more parents were able to home school (even though it's not all done just in one's residence), and I wish that those who are able but choose not to would consider the option more carefully. Dostoevsky said, "Beauty will save the world". I think that maybe homeschooling will save America.

By: Scoutgirl

Scoutgirl — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:05:08 +0000

Homeschoolers do it everyday. Most of us select our own curriculum without state or federal input and have consistently better results over the public schools as we teach to the student in a way they can learn. And since Darwinism and the Big bang theory are just that, theories, I'm not sure what your issue is with intelligent design, which is also a theory. Surely there is room in this world for all theories and not just the one you've selected as right.

By: none

none — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:44:38 +0000

so i understand and support this argument and all, but what is the real meaning of states rights? could it be admitted to be segregationist?

By: Terry Mcintyre

Terry Mcintyre — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:23:55 +0000

What if our educational policies are about 180 degrees in the wrong direction?

Let's look at another paradigm, home schooling, and see how they fare. Home schooling parents seldom draw up elaborate lesson plans. The often have no degrees in education; many do not even have college diplomas. They work with small budgets. There is little to no government supervision of their efforts.

How do they fare? According to research by NHERI, home schooled children score about 30 percentile points above their peers. Furthermore, parents' socioeconomic status has little impact on children's level of attainment. In addition, this high level of achievement does not involve spending more hours and more days in formal schooling, but the reverse.

One of the best kept secrets of home schooling – which could greatly increase the efficiency of all schools – is that teaching best occurs when the child wants to learn, not according to an arbitrary schedule. When my son asked "what is 5-7?" it took about 5-10 minutes to explain negative numbers; he was only in the first grade at the time. Almost all teachers would put off such a child for years.

Many children learn to read, at their own request, by the age of 3 or 4 – and do so far more rapidly than those who wait until the process of organized education. I have a seven-year-old grandson who tests at the 6th grade level or better in all areas of math; his skills rival those of many high school students.

Compulsory attendance laws lead us to measure the wrong thing – time spent in seats – instead of searching for more efficient use of children's, parents', and teachers' time.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:19:06 +0000

They will never willingly let go of your kids, people.
Don't you understand this yet?

The only way to wrest control is to remove your kids from the poisoned system.
Act like parents and treat your kids as the value you believe them to be.
Or send them to rot under the tyranny of the public prison system.
Your choice.
It starts with you.
Are you capable of accepting your responsibilities?

By: LWO

LWO — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:49:53 +0000

This problem can be solved by an Education Tax Relief Act and a Parental Protection Act: www.SlavesForFreedom.com