Three Pro-Public School Posts to Make You Smile
Three Pro-Public School Posts to Make You Smile
A parent-artist painted this mural in my neighborhood public school. What have you done for your public school lately?
“If progressives want to improve schools, we shouldn’t empty them out. We ought to flood them with our kids, and then debate vociferously what they ought to be doing.”
These are the concluding lines of Dana Goldstein’s inspection of the progressive credentials of politically liberal homeschoolers in Slate (Liberals, Don’t Homeschool Your Kids, February 16, 2012). While there’s a lot to argue about in that piece, right now I’m content to praise it for promoting public schooling as a political virtue. Which it is.
Here are two more pro-public school pieces that brought a smile to my face this week:
- Affluent, Born Abroad and Choosing New York’s Public Schools, Kirk Semple, New York Times, February 14, 2012
