The title is provocative. The question was raised in an article titled "The demise of public education" published on August 20, 2019 at The American Thinker and written by David L. Rosenthal  The original article can be read by clicking the link above. It won't take long to read and it does raise some important questions. The article follows below... One may believe that those in charge of public education are qualified to administer the task of educating America's youth.  One may believe they have the best interests of society at heart.  And one may believe they are doing the best they could do, given the conditions under which they have to work.  Abundant evidence, however, … [Read more...]