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I'm a conservative, Republican blogger with a libertarian bent. I live in flyover country, in a small town in southwest Missouri and that perspective definitely gives a diffe...more...

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School districts should give parents a choice of schools.

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Standardized tests are an effective tool for measuring student learning.

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Abstinence-only sex education is not effective.

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The public school systems in America would not be improved if they were federalized.

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American schools should offer bilingual classes for native Spanish-speakers.

Not indefinitely. English speaking should be a priority.

 Stand Taken 10/29/2008 4:13 PM

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

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The federal government should increase higher education subsidies for low-income students.

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Private schools should receive public funding.

Funding should follow the student, just as happens with college grants and loans.

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Race should not be a factor in the university admission process.

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Prayer should be permitted in public schools.

Students do not check their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse door.

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Teachers should receive performance-based merit pay.

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The No Child Left Behind Act has not been effective.

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It is acceptable for courses on the Bible to be taught in public schools.

The Bible played a major role in history. Bible study? No. Studying the role, etc. of the Bible? Absolutely.

 Stand Taken 10/18/2008 3:40 AM

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Sex education should begin during middle school (6th-8th grade).

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Undocumented immigrants should be granted in-state tuition benefits.

If the children of undocumented immigrants who never personally committed a crime pay in state taxes, they should receive the same benefits as other taxpayers.

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