Laslo Weger - Education

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States should not be forced to fund the federally mandated No Child Left Behind Act.

Federales mandate, federales pay.

Stand Taken 6/11/2008 10:59 AM

Schools should not punish students for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

The last thing our "free" country needs is punishing kids who do not toe the (party) line. It is just like the old witticism: "Beating will continue until morale improves".

Stand Taken 6/11/2008 10:58 AM

Abstinence-only sex education should not be taught in schools.

As the evidence shows abstinence-only education is at best waste of time and money (that is, causes no change in behavior), and at worst causes raises in teen pregnancy ratio and teen STD ratio.

Stand Taken 6/9/2008 2:08 PM

It is not acceptable for courses on the Bible to be taught in public schools.

Beside the obvious church-state separation issue, there is another one. Over 50% of 18-year-old Americans cannot find New York State on the map of US. Not even half high school kids can calculate average age of five children. And some want to waste school time and tax money on Bible courses, something a Sunday school can do as well, or even better.

Stand Taken 5/17/2008 8:34 PM

Schools should not practice social promotion.

It is convenient to promote some individuals, so that the teacher doesn't have to deal with them yet another year. But it is (1) removing an incentive to learn anything, and (2) decreasing the value of diploma.

Stand Taken 5/17/2008 8:19 PM

Prayer should not be permitted in public schools.

Besides the obvious establishment clause problems, I have another issue. There is over 20 religions with 1 million or more adherents (and that considering Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox together). In US you have good chance to have representatives of many of these in the school, and so it would be not fair to have only one prayer - most likely all 20, and then a moment of secular silence for atheists. Poor kids will die of boredom before even starting on their ABCs...

Stand Taken 5/17/2008 8:09 PM