re: #194 LudwigVanQuixote

It should be out of the hands of the general populace entirely - except as an oversight.

There should be an independent board of respected professors from say the top 100 universities in America, along with some hundred or so public education teachers with at least 10 years experience, who meet and determine minimum standards of education for each grade, along with several tiers of advanced tracking, that are enforced across the board on a national scale.

If they come up with something super whacky, congress can defeat it by a super majority, subject to veto by the president.

Swimming might be more important in Florida than in Wyoming. Health class might need to go into more on hypothermia in Wyoming than in Florida. There really is a role for local input to schooling.

As to home schooling, John Stuart Mills was home schooled. Home-schooled kids are over-represented among the winners at, say, spelling bees. It’s a mistake to equate home-schooling with homeskool.