tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004193.post8704711629526920421..comments2024-03-28T12:48:28.954-05:00Comments on Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas: Leaders and Laggards ReportAngela Valenzuelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377527828841110131noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004193.post-51581019096188087252009-11-18T19:06:45.879-06:002009-11-18T19:06:45.879-06:00Schooling is too important to be left to politicia...Schooling is too important to be left to politicians and bureaucrats -- in short, to be handled at all by government.<br />Compulsory government schooling was invented by the Prussians in order to create better soldiers.<br />The idea was brought to the U.S. by Horace Mann and others in order to create better factory workers.<br />Schooling has failed, as witness the lack of knowledge and even intelligence in the American voters; now it's time to try education, and to keep politicians and governments out of the process.Michael Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868479933203338319noreply@blogger.com