Karl Streitel

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Mute Buttons: Two Ways the School Complex Muzzles Parents and Students

10/09/2024 Mises Wire Karl Streitel

I was asked the other day why parents and students do not have more say in their education in the government system, and my reply was simply “because that is the goal.” Specifically, the system exists...

Survey Says: Disconnects Abound in School Opinions and Knowledge

10/08/2024 Power & Market Karl Streitel

Recently, EdChoice published its 2024 iteration of its annual Schooling in America report that surveys thousands of American adults and school parents regarding dozens of school-related topics and...

Public Schools Have No Respect for the Students or Their Parents

05/17/2024 Mises Wire Karl Streitel

Some of us may remember the Helen Lovejoy character in The Simpsons , who would appear any time some catastrophe befell the town and plaintively wail , “Won’t someone please think of the children?!”...

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Survey Says: Disconnects Abound in School Opinions and Knowledge

11/06/2024 Karl Streitel

Original article: Survey Says: Disconnects Abound in School Opinions and Knowledge

Mute Buttons: Two Ways the School Complex Muzzles Parents and Students

11/06/2024 Karl Streitel

Government education is a self-perpetuating monster and has been for a long time. While parents and organizations seek accountability, the dynamics driving government education point to a powerful and unaccountable bureaucracy that serves its own interests.

The Problem with Public Schools

05/23/2024 Ryan McMaken Tho Bishop Karl Streitel

Ryan and Tho and guest Karl Streitel talk about how the public school monopoly conditions students for obedience while failing to educate them.

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