Reply #10: Public Education

[Pacifist Patriot]

Every concerned and informed citizen must actively participate in the direction of public education in whatever capacity they are able. We all have different priorities, time commitments and physical ability. But it behooves us to stay on top of the school boards. Know the curricula and fight it when it sucks. Join textbook review committees. Lobby for tax investment at all levels so classrooms are adequately stocked, teachers are paid an attractive living wage and good teachers are rewarded for excellence, textbooks are kept current and children are taught in a comfortable and exciting environment. It's one thing to respond to polls by agreeing that education is a top priority. It's quite another to take the time out of our weeks and months to become engaged.

Public schooling was originally mandated at the insistence of the robber barons. Any guesses why.