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Now Any Florida Resident Can Challenge What Is Taught In Public Florida Schools (orlandosentinel.com)
New submitter zantafio shares a report from Orlando Sentinel: Any resident in Florida can now challenge what kids learn in public schools, thanks to a new law that science education advocates worry will make it harder to teach evolution and climate change. The legislation, which was signed by Gov. Rick Scott (R) last week and went into effect Saturday, requires school boards to hire an "unbiased hearing officer" who will handle complaints about instructional materials, such as movies, textbooks and novels, that are used in local schools. Any parent or county resident can file a complaint, regardless of whether they have a student in the school system. If the hearing officer deems the challenge justified, he or she can require schools to remove the material in question. The statute includes general guidelines about what counts as grounds for removal: belief that the material is "pornographic" or "is not suited to student needs and their ability to comprehend the material presented, or is inappropriate for the grade level and age group."
If you think public education is run by "credentialed, trained professionals" then you probably shouldn't be making suggestions as to who should be running it. And before you get started, corporations are even worse at providing public education because they are only interested in teaching consumption of their products.
If you think public education is run by "credentialed, trained
teachers, you are one of those ignorant morons you mentioned earlier.
If you think I voted for Trump because of this post, you're wrong. I voted for Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party. Again.
"Let's get rid of authoritarians and put religious fanatics in charge!"
You are welcome on my lawn.
Listen, if you don't want any idiot to decide what your children get taught then send them to a private school. It's nonsense like this that makes me wonder why we even have public schools. We're long past the time I'd think some large portion of the population would throw up their hands and declare the bullshit got too deep and the government was getting out of the education business.
One reason I hear that we should have public schools is because I benefit from educating my neighbor's kids. I also benefit if my neighbor's kids mow my lawn but I don't think that the government should be involved in that either. Government is wasteful. Rarely is a government project on time and under budget. If parents were allowed to keep the money they have taken from them in taxes then they'd be able to afford a better education than anything the government could provide.
What of the parents that cannot afford to educate their children? First, perhaps they should not have had children. It's not like birth control is a foreign concept today. Second, they can do like my brothers do, hold school fundraisers. They pay tuition for their kids but also raise funds to subsidize education for their kids and the less wealthy. Even with all the government funds in public schools people see the value in a private education because they are free of a lot of the bullshit in public schools, so private schools often set aside some money to allow poor parents to send their kids there gratis.
If I'm paying for your children to get educated then don't be upset if I go to the school board demanding that I be heard on how MY money is getting spent. If you want me to shut up then the answer is simple, pay for your own stupid kids' education.
I am armed because I am free. I am free because I am armed.
Texas public schools are proof that phony religionists with a political agenda can convert public schools (and public school curriculum) into their own publicly funded religious institutions.
Yes, and countless incidents of students freaking out about their "safe space" and "intolerant" teachers are proof that pot-smoking liberals have converted colleges into their own church of mediocrity and entitlement. What's new?
lucm, indeed.