Kevin O’Reilly and Joanne Jacobs both have comments on a Sunday Chicago Tribune article about the ’dangers’
of private schools. The front page of the same edition had an article about the public schools working themselves into apoplexy trying to categorize children by race/ethnic origin in order to satisfy governmental regulations. I feel irritable enough to share with you the letter I wrote to the Trib....
It goes without saying that parents should be concerned with the health and safety of their children. But the article on Sunday’s page one about the administration of the No Child Left Behind act (School rules change forces racial choice) is as good an example as any of why many parents choose private or homeschooling over the perceived benefits of schools run by educrats with heads buried so deeply in the far reaches of their own alimentary canals (Private schools can write own rules). Young minds are thirsting for knowledge and instruction and those to whom they are entrusted are busy categorizing them as if they were marbles being traded in a playground game. Is it any wonder why parents are willing to take some calculated risks to make sure that their children are educated and not just a statistic.
There....I feel better already.