1. Freedom and Liberty: The ideals of individual freedom, speech, religion, and self-determination are central to American identity, enshrined in foundational documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Looking back, it seems that we throw out what works, say it doesn’t work when it does or replace what works with something that is just made up based on fantasy science, giving it a really good sounding, sophisticated name and justifying it by some made-up or unproven principle.

Up until the early Nineteenth Century, insanity and debt and other personal problems were handled mostly by the local Church and affiliated charities.

There are a lot of “useful idiots” who who want attention or want to feel important.

Regardless of the complexity involved in methodology, there is one really simple concept - you’re just trying to get an idea from here to there.

Physical World - we have a general mutual interest in preserving the planet. In large part, the interest is expressed in a negative way - we don’t want to lose our place to live - the playing field, as it were. Education and science can help us in this area.

We sort of improvise correction as we go or we don’t see the need for corrections or we’re just too apathetic to put out the effort to correct something.

In spite of all this investment, the US has fallen from 1st to 25th (or worse) worldwide in reading, math and science

It is more likely to involve meetings, proposals, public speaking, lobbying, protest and demonstrations.

Collecting tax, sending it somewhere and then somewhere else and then giving it out in grants separates the source and recipient.

Many of the tenants of Progressive Education sound pretty good. Teach from involvement and by example,

The best way to defeat the US is from within.

People who are against term limits say that it is a waste of talent and experience.

One theory is that this “standardizes” education across the state and ensures that education meets certain minimums everywhere.

In the past, knowing what was a good curriculum was general knowledge or something that educators learned,

Sometimes an approval action seems like a good idea at the moment,

That’s how the representative system works and it seems like a good idea.

Most elected officials and school board members are talented, skillful and honest.

We tend to think of them as just a place with classrooms and teachers where we can send our kids for the day, but it so much more.