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Article: Public school system should take note of private school successes.(LETTERS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 19, 2002
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Like most educators associated with public school systems, Peggy Cooper Cafritz just doesn't get it ("Education's dollars and sense," District Forum, Jan. 14). If the government-controlled and government-financed schools had to compete in the business world, as private schools do, they would quickly come to realize that you don't survive by throwing more money into systems that are seriously flawed.
As long as teachers continue to be trained at colleges and universities where the educational psychology of Edward Lee Thorndike, John Dewey and others permeate the curricula of education departments, public schools will continue ...