Despite standardized testing indicating otherwise, a top public school official in Arkansas impressed to homeschool parents that public schools provide a “more rigorous curriculum” for their children than home instruction does – a contention made while encouraging home educators to enroll their students in local schools late last year.
Little Rock School District Superintendent Mike Poore sent out a written invitation to local homeschooling parents toward the end of November last year, urging them to enroll their children in public school – insisting that his state-funded instruction would provide them with a superior education than anything they could personally administer to students at home. FULL REPORT
Jul 29, 2013 The Origins of the American Public Education System Horace Mann & the Prussian Model of Obedience
In the 1830’s, American Lawmaker Horace Mann visited Prussia and researched its education methodology. He was infatuated with the emperor’s method of eliminating free thought from his subjects and designed an education system for Massachusetts directly based on these concepts. The movement then quickly spread nationally.
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