I just saw an interview with Rod Paige, a former Secretary of Education.  He has written a new book about the failure of public education in the U.S.  It made me reflect on just how much is wrong in public education from the national perspective.

From all that I have read on this subject it is clear to me that more money has never been corellated to a better education in the public school system.  Spending more money on education is seldom the correct fix.

The biggest fault in public education is that God has been removed from the equation.  Administrators and Teachers are to instill in students what is "right", but they are left with no source to quote on how you determine "right".  Unfortunately, this leads to a secularly determined value system.  This is not beneficial for U.S. children.

Also, once any religious foundation is removed as a basis for education, and replaced with a secular foundation, our children become exposed to a variety of secular agendas.

The U.S. government has also chosen to support a monopoly when it comes to public school education.  In business our government knows better than to allow a monopoly, because of all the negative things that come from it, but when it comes to our children's business they are not quite as smart.

In order to improve all schools it is time to break the monopoly of the public schools, and return our money to us, so that we can make the best choice for our children, whether this be public schools, charter schools, private schools or home schooling.  In most cases children being educated under these alternative schools are out-performing public school children.

Breaking this education monopoly will allow students to achieve a better education and even improve public schools as they strive to compete in the market place.  Our children would be then educated in a school system that shares a parents value system.  The public schools are increasingly at odds with the values that parents want for their children.

I would encourage everyone to write to their U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and state and local representative and express that you want your money returned to you to spend on your child's education.