Friday, March 23, 2007

Why America's Public Schools Are Like America's Prisons | PI

Posted by the Prometheus Institute (PI).


J. Hartfield / M. Harrison

1. Both are compulsory...
2. Both are overcrowded as the result of poor public policy...
3. Both are prone to violent insurrection...
4. Both are poorly administered and inefficient...
5. Both assume one solution for every individual...
6. Both are unnecessarily expensive to taxpayers...
7. Both harm American competitiveness by keeping Americans from being productive...
8. Both are institutions often internally ruled by intimidation and violence...
9. Both are ruled by cliques...
10. Both have tenure regulations not conducive for improvement...

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