Good Wednesday morning!

1. Question – Why don’t Americans see the hypocrisy?

2. Thought – Jesse Jackson, an ardent voucher foe, sent his children to the very best private schools money could buy. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who attended St. Albans in D.C., declared that the “political foundation” of the voucher movement was “avoidance of racial integration.” Meanwhile a white conservative senator from Indiana, Dan Coats, described vouchers as “quite simply an issue of survival for our nation’s poorest schools.” Harold Levy, former chancellor of New York’s public schools, sent his kids to the exclusive Dalton School in Manhattan. Senators Albert Gore (D-TN), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Arden Specter (R-PA), and Hillary Clinton are among the many voucher opponents who have exercised “checkbook choice” for their own children. Senator Teddy Kennedy (D-MA), who was prepared to filibuster a bill that would give D.C. parents a choice in education, sent his children to public schools. Of the 273 House members who opposed the school choice provision of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, 69 had sent or were sending a child to private school.

Nationally, abut one in ten American children attend private schools. Among members of the United States Senate, it is 51%. Among House members, 47% send their kids to private schools. (DO-GOODERS by Mona Charen)

“Before we can pray, ‘Thy Kingdom come,’ we must be willing to pray, ‘My kingdom go.'” (Alan Redpath)

Good Saturday Morning!

1. Question – I ponder these questions often, ‘Is uneducation intentional?’ Or, ‘Is miseducation intentional?’ ‘Are we, as a nation, getting dumber?’ ‘Is empathy towards the student as important as knowledge?’ ‘When I was growing up, how many of my teachers were relational?’ ‘Is school hard enough?’ ‘Has anything changed from 2000 years ago?’

2. Thought – At most public schools around the nation, students spend an inordinate amount of time on sex education, safety rules, drug and alcohol education, and brainwashing about the environment. Classroom hours are devoted to “cooperative learning.” Teachers pride themselves on teaching “the child, not the subject.” Great stress is laid upon encouraging the child’s creativity and building self-esteem. (DO-GOODERS, How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim To Help (and the rest of us) by Mona Charen)

“When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.” (Solomon, Proverbs 21:11)