A Quarter Century of Change in Public Education

Too often we hear about the negative aspects of how public education has changed all the way from the federal level down to the one room school house. There is no debate that public education has changed. Some say those changes are not positive and feel we should go back to educating students like we did in the 50’s or the 80’s or at the turn of the century depending on what time frame you grew up in.

Every change in public education can be debated on whether those changes are positive or negative and will continue to be debated from the federal lawmakers to the local board of trustees. That i...