The Government Has a Lesson Plan for You!

The only thing wrong with comparing central planning to a market based approach to anything is that they don’t compare – they contrast.

There are so many aspects of today’s educational system that beg attention that one can hardly blame anyone who is willing to try anything in order to improve it.  But why try the same old approach, the one that has been found wanting by some of history’s most grandiose and failed efforts (i.e., for one, the former Soviet Union)?

” Having one inflexible model for education is so old-fashioned.” – Sabrina Schaeffer, Independent Women’s Forum

No matter how the shine is put on the assumed positives of Common Core, it suffers one fatal flaw over all others:  central planning does not work.  And there is no mistaking the fact that this latest effort at “improving” America’s educational system is a gigantic step in the direction of central planning.  In fact, you might call it the “single payer” system of education.

In a recent article John Stossel brought up a point addressing this very issue:

“As American education has become more centralized, the rest of our lives have become increasingly diverse and tailored to individual needs. Every minute, thousands of entrepreneurs struggle to improve their products. Quality increases, and costs often drop.

But centrally planned K-12 education doesn’t improve. Per-student spending has tripled (governments now routinely spend $300,000 per classroom!), but test results are stagnant.”

Those are numbers and facts that just don’t compute into a sane and viable future.

Resistance is Not Futile!

As recently as last year, the proponents of Common Core were sure it was a done deal, but as more and more citizens learned the details and saw the actual curricula as it came on line in their children’s classrooms, the resistance to this bold attempt at molding children’s minds has grown to impressive dimensions.  In fact, it is just beginning!

(Read more of Mr. Stossel’s article HERE.)

To help inform you we are constantly adding valuable links to our “Learn More About Common Core” page. Bookmark it and check in regularly; we are making headway in this fight!

 

 

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