Replies to '11/24 Great School Debate'

A private school has a reason to pick the best curriculum possible.  The reason is to stay in business.  A government school doesn't have to worry so much about keeping it's doors open.  And do you even know how curriculum is selected?  One would assume that because it is teachers who teach that they would know which curriculum is best, which one works which one is nothing more than just *fluff*.  Would you be bothered if you knew that in most systems, it is NOT the teachers who choose the curriculum?  Would it bother you to know that a government school might select it's curriculum based on the fact that a friend of one of the board members suggested that it's the best curriculum and that friend just happened to be the one who owns the company who published said curriculum?  Would that bother you or would you still assume that the school has picked what's best?  Why in the world would you think that because it's selected by "county, city or government" that it is the best?  Is it because those folks calling themselves board members know so much about curriculum?  That is hardly the case in most school systems in my state.  And what recourse do you have if something "happens" because of the curriculum choosen in the public school???