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In his remarks to the Ohio Christian Alliance, however, Santorum went further, seeming to attack the very idea of public education.
In the nations past, he said, Most presidents homeschooled their children in the White House. Parents educated their children because it was their responsibility.
Yes, the government can help, he continued, but the idea that the federal government should be running schools, frankly much less that the state government should be running schools, is anachronistic.
He said it is an artifact of the Industrial Revolution, when people came off the farms where they did homeschool or had a little neighborhood school, and into these big factories called public schools.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-bashes-public-schools-says-theyre-stuck-in-factory-era-20120218,0,4939016.story
In the nations past, he said, Most presidents homeschooled their children in the White House. Parents educated their children because it was their responsibility.
Yes, the government can help, he continued, but the idea that the federal government should be running schools, frankly much less that the state government should be running schools, is anachronistic.
He said it is an artifact of the Industrial Revolution, when people came off the farms where they did homeschool or had a little neighborhood school, and into these big factories called public schools.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-bashes-public-schools-says-theyre-stuck-in-factory-era-20120218,0,4939016.story
Of course, he was happy to defraud a school district in Pennsylvania of $38,000 a year for "cyber school" fees by claiming to live in the state, when the address concerned was lived in by someone else, and he really lived outside the state he was representing.
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muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2012
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He is right about one thing...they ARE a product of the Industrial Revolution.
cleanhippie
Feb 2012
#12
And how would a non-public school system help everyone get started?
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2012
#26
There are many fine Catholic schools. I am not overly concerned about their educational standards.
olegramps
Feb 2012
#58
How come business has no part in this if they want the "workers of tomorrow"?
xtraxritical
Feb 2012
#35
Yet when the man on the street is tested on his Math and Science level, the US beats almost all
happyslug
Feb 2012
#84
One of the reports I read on Schools was to ask if the school had a PTA or a PTO
happyslug
Feb 2012
#87
Rick says: 'I am an idiot, vote for me and I will home school my children'
Angry Dragon
Feb 2012
#21
Thanks. It is refreshing to hear from someone who actually knows what is happening.
olegramps
Feb 2012
#59
Projection - that's what republicans want, and are doing. Our best are a century beyond that.
saras
Feb 2012
#42
IMO education required for the 21st century, heavy in math and the traditional sciences,
RKP5637
Feb 2012
#45
little neighbor hood schools were due to lack of people and transportation
Progressive dog
Feb 2012
#53
Better than being stuck in the dark ages. "Pies lesu Domine. Dona eis requiem"
HopeHoops
Feb 2012
#69