[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by MaDef

That's a distinction without a difference. There are some subjects that just don't belong in a public school.

The falling proficiency of children in Math, Science, and Reading is pretty much a red flag indicator that maybe the school boards & districts should drop the activist topics and start concentrating on on the 3 R's.

Like teaching about history and the arts? The school in question here was supposed to be focused on classical arts education.

Teaching just the three R's and not learning about the world you live in, and it's past, is great for educating a new class of worker bees. It starts sounding Orwellian to me which is likely why 1984 is on the banned book list.

Your point about the three R's is understood but people no longer need to use flash cards and learn multiplication tables to function in society. Language studies teach reading and writing as well as culture