He alone who owns the youth gains the future."
Public schools are so ubiquitous and ingrained in American culture that one could easily be forgiven for thinking that we as a nation have always had them. However public schools are a relatively recent invention. Federal funding for public schools is a recent anomaly dating back to the days of
President Jimmy Carter. His successor
President Ronald Reagan famously tried to dismantle the
Department of Education to no avail.
Public schools being an arm of the state are indoctrination centers. This becomes increasingly true as basic skills such as the old three Rs" of reading writing and rithmatic" are jettisoned in favor of
climate change critical race theory and
gender ideology all of which are now part and parcel of a public education in the United States. As if this werent troubling enough public schools are largely funded by property taxes on housing. These taxes which are paid generally on a bi-annual basis are confiscated from people whose children do not even attend public schools. Whats more these taxes require people to effectively pay rent on owned property under penalty of losing their homes.
We do not have to look far for an alternative to the world of public schools. Throughout most of American history education has been the purview of parents the church and other private institutions. The rise of public education in the United States is a story of violence and coercion that is largely hidden from the public record. After reading this you will never view public schools in the same light ever again.
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The History of Private Schools: How American Education Became a Political Battleground at
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