Comments on: More on Single-Sex Classrooms http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/02/more-on-single-sex-classrooms.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Wed, 23 May 2012 17:39:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Nonnenkamp http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/02/more-on-single-sex-classrooms.html/comment-page-1#comment-1871 Joe Nonnenkamp Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:32:19 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3186#comment-1871 Different things work for different kids. Everyone is different, and everyone learns differently. We should not have public schools. I know that sounds radical, but if we didn't have public schools, there would be an abundance of choice for everyone, from no-frills schools to luxurious ones, with a range of economic choice as well. We didn't have public schools until the late 1800s, and we did just fine without them. They were established because a bunch of neo-Puritan post-millennial crazies were afraid that parochial schools would Catholicize the country. Different things work for different kids. Everyone is different, and everyone learns differently. We should not have public schools. I know that sounds radical, but if we didn’t have public schools, there would be an abundance of choice for everyone, from no-frills schools to luxurious ones, with a range of economic choice as well.

We didn’t have public schools until the late 1800s, and we did just fine without them. They were established because a bunch of neo-Puritan post-millennial crazies were afraid that parochial schools would Catholicize the country.

]]> By: Josh Smith http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/02/more-on-single-sex-classrooms.html/comment-page-1#comment-1776 Josh Smith Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:36:02 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=3186#comment-1776 Options and "foot-voting" are so very important. There is a mistaken belief common among public school advocates that we must figure out what "works best" and have everyone do that. Your point that average children doing better not being an indicator of particular children's performance is excellent. People are different. Let's let them be that way. Options and “foot-voting” are so very important. There is a mistaken belief common among public school advocates that we must figure out what “works best” and have everyone do that. Your point that average children doing better not being an indicator of particular children’s performance is excellent. People are different. Let’s let them be that way.

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