FrankRep
07-16-2013, 06:12 PM
Utah legislator Wants to End Compulsory Education (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/07/16/4168396/ut-legislator-wants-to-end-compulsory.html)
Associated Press
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The idea of forcing children to attend school is outdated and should be scrapped in favor of a system that encourages learning by choice, state Sen. Aaron Osmond said in calling for an end to compulsory education in Utah.
"Some parents act as if the responsibility to educate, and even care for their child, is primarily the responsibility of the public school system," the South Jordan Republican first wrote on a state Senate blog on Friday.
"As a result, our teachers and schools have been forced to become surrogate parents, expected to do everything from behavioral counseling, to providing adequate nutrition, to teaching sex education, as well as ensuring full college and career readiness."
Osmond said that in the current state of public education, teachers do not receive meaningful support from parents, while at the same time parents become frustrated that schools are not able to meet the individual needs of their children.
"Let's let them choose it, let's not force them to do it," he told the Desert News (http://tinyurl.com/lqxb2tn ) on Monday. "I think that's when you start seeing the shift."
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Separation of School and State (http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/15979-separation-of-school-and-state)
The only basis for sound education and individual liberty
Associated Press
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The idea of forcing children to attend school is outdated and should be scrapped in favor of a system that encourages learning by choice, state Sen. Aaron Osmond said in calling for an end to compulsory education in Utah.
"Some parents act as if the responsibility to educate, and even care for their child, is primarily the responsibility of the public school system," the South Jordan Republican first wrote on a state Senate blog on Friday.
"As a result, our teachers and schools have been forced to become surrogate parents, expected to do everything from behavioral counseling, to providing adequate nutrition, to teaching sex education, as well as ensuring full college and career readiness."
Osmond said that in the current state of public education, teachers do not receive meaningful support from parents, while at the same time parents become frustrated that schools are not able to meet the individual needs of their children.
"Let's let them choose it, let's not force them to do it," he told the Desert News (http://tinyurl.com/lqxb2tn ) on Monday. "I think that's when you start seeing the shift."
...
Related Article:
Separation of School and State (http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/15979-separation-of-school-and-state)
The only basis for sound education and individual liberty