Yes. Libertarians should work, as a top priority, to abolish all government schools. Vouchers might improve choice, but only total privatization of schools and private funding, a complete free market in education, will bring about better results for the kids.

More interesting. The US is generally very low on the world tests. Korea ranks near the top. This is important because, in Korea, nearly all the learning takes place in private after school programs. An overwhelming majority of children attend many hours of private schools after their public schools let out. Here is an example:

http://www.internationalenglishschool.net

http://www.internationalenglishschool.org

Koreans parents spend more money per capita on their children’s private educations than in any other country.

In interviewing the children during a social studies discussion class, 100% of the kids agreed that they learn almost nothing in public school. It is their private classes that allow them to score high on the world tests.

The children also agreed 100% that they would be better off if they could skip their public school classes each day and only attend the private academies.

Just a few highlights:

FOX & Friends on Fox News on Wednesday at 8:15 AM EST
Lou Dobbs Radio at 3 PM EST Thursday
Bill Cunningham today at 1 PM EST
Jim Bohannon at 10 PM EST Thursday
WABC Radio in NY tonight

Translation: “Be a good govt. drone, do what you’re told, don’t question, and you will do well. Step out of line, and you will fail.”

He speaks about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, but doesn’t mention that the government fails at that responsibility, miserably.

If the government fails at that responsibility, how could it still be the responsibility of each student to submit to a system that has failed them?

me_ i know of several private and pulic schools dedicated for specifically mentally , physically and behaviorally challenged kids .

ME_ we dont need a leftwing Democratic sockpuppet repeating throwaway lines of the Pres and current admin as our candidate or chair .

incidentally , im keeping my teenager home today ,m we are watching V , and Im teaching her how to make homemade pie crust. much better use of her time:)

Who knows what Obamessiah would have said absent the right-wing push back? That said, the reaction was embarrassing and, one might think, the conservatives walked right into the trap.
Let’s use Obamessiah’s words about personal responsibility to show how libertarians promote it but the vast majority of programs put forth by Obamessiah and Congress do much to enable personal irresponsibility.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/

Note the substantially libertarian Obama message to students: ‘You have help, but in the end you are personally responsible for determining how well you do in school’ not to mention multiple praises for hard work.

Contrast Obama’s substantially libertarian message to students with the right wing Republican drivel attacking Obama for a speech he did not give.

We do not need a right wing Republican sock puppet repeating throwaway lines of right wing bigot television hosts as our candidate.

Fact: Mister Obama’s main campaign slogan was ‘Change’!

Fact: We are still in a JFK/ LBJ/ HHH/ Nixon style unwinable Viet Nam style quagmire!

Fact: George W’s Gates is still Department of Defense!

Fact: George W’s Benarick is still Department of Treasury.

I could not talk the ladies of my little group out of voting for ‘Obama, My Yokohama Momma’ but I remain a Perot, Perot, Nader, Nader, Nader, Nader voter.

Told ya so, told ya so, told ya so ……..

As usual George Phillies demonstrates why he is one of the few LP leaders left with any sense of reality and common decency. Of course public schools get stuck with all the troubled kids, behaviorally and mentally, that private schools can’t provide for.

Contrary to all the rightwing claptrap Root, Limbaugh and others serve up my experience with public schools has always been positive and I’ve always gotten more than my money (and taxes) worth. I have two children in public schools and I wouldn ‘t put them anywhere else. In fact, I know more parents who transfer their kids from private to public schoools than the other way around. Despite a growing population base the local Christian Academy is on the verge of closing because of the exodus (no pun intended) of kids to public schools. I know parents who transferred their child from a Catholic school to public school because he was mentally challenged and the Catholic school would not provide the necessary curriculum in basic skills that the public schools provided.

The only embarrassment here are those “Libertarians” who let themselves be so easily duped and manipulated by a Ronald Reagan/Barry Goldwater rightwing Republican.

I’d bet if Rush Limbaugh wanted the LP nomination for President in 2012 there would be a majority of LP members who would hand it to him on a silver platter.

Granted, I don’t think Obama or Bush 41 should do (/have done) this, but that’s not the line you hear from idiots these days.