Would it be possible to have a curriculum that identified politicians as fundamentally untrustworthy? Would it be possible to have school teachers lecturing on the downsides of unions? Is there any doubt that the curriculum reflects the pro-govt bias of those that work in government and academia? Who would suggest that it is possible to have a public school curriculum that is neutral in the political philisophy debate?
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=7040
"...rather than bringing people together, public schooling often forces people of disparate backgrounds and beliefs into political combat. This paper tracks almost 150 such incidents in the 2005–06 school year alone. Whether over the teaching of evolution, the content of library books, religious expression in the schools, or several other common points of contention, conflict was constant in American public education last year. Such conflict, however, is not peculiar to the last school year, nor is it a recent phenomenon. Throughout American history, public schooling has produced political disputes, animosity, and sometimes even bloodshed between diverse people. Such clashes are inevitable in government-run schooling because all Americans are required to support the public schools, but only those with the most political power control them. Political— and sometimes even physical—conflict has thus been an inescapable public schooling reality."
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