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Should schools or parents be in control of a child's education?

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Schools
29% 167 votes Total: 568 votes
Parents
71% 401 votes
  • 1 of 13

    by Lana Evans

    It's easy in our busy world to underestimate the task of teaching. It's even easier to overlook the nature of the school system. The school is a tiny community that reflects the...read more

  • 2 of 13

    by Cynthia Amador

    Let's face it. Schools have to be given the right to exercise their control over the education of children in their care or they will have neither authority nor credibility with...read more

  • 3 of 13

    by Alan Jones

    Honestly, this was a difficult decision for me, because I don't see this issue as quite so black and white. However, I'm going to ease my decision, and explaining my reasoning,...read more

  • 4 of 13

    by Michael Aubrey

    The purpose of a school is to design and execute a plan to educate its community of children and adults. Programs and curriculum chosen by professional educators are utilized to...read more

  • 5 of 13

    by Kris Merrells

    Schools are not just independent institutions. Within a democracy, the school and its curriculum are established by and accountable to the public. This is not a question of "s...read more

  • 6 of 13

    by Sanjay Nair

    The Girl Child education needs to get great priority to restore the balance of nature. I do not mean education just in the traditional sense. It should be an advanced form of ed...read more

  • 7 of 13

    by Erasto Mwangi

    The teachers in schools have a greater role to control the child education because the schools must employ the high quality teachers who qualify in colleges,so this teachers can...read more

  • 8 of 13

    by Muhammad Hidhir B Md Razak

    Schools remain, to this day, the center of learning and development for many young children who attend them because to this day, schools are not merely the providers of educatio...read more

  • 9 of 13

    by me mom

    This is a easy question for me to answer. BOTH the school and the parents should be in control of a child's education. As a parent of a 14 year old and a 10 year old, I s...read more

  • 10 of 13

    by Donna Marie Gray

    This is really one of those two-sided swords. The schools are the source we depend on to educate our children. They are trained to do this in a way that sets them apart from t...read more

  • 11 of 13

    by Tharian Mathew

    Schools are the natural choice for your to edify and educate yourself and not y our parents. Parents can guide you, but it is naturally the school which will have the necessa...read more

  • 12 of 13

    by Stoneheart

    A lesser evil for me, schools controlling a child's education. Readin', Ritin' and 'Rithmetic, the classic three Rs, and a bit of U.S. History were the curriculum when a long...read more

  • 13 of 13

    by Zaid Daghestani

    Goodness gracious... I see where some of you on the parents side are coming from, but that doesn't really matter. I'm sorry. I'm in high school now. If I had to have my parent...read more

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  • 1 of 43

    by Tim Gray

    Parents make a conscious, and in the majority of cases, consensual decision to bring a child into this world. Once conceived, parents are expected to provide the child with appr...read more

  • 2 of 43

    by Rex Coker

    Education important as it may be, comes down to the parents. Our children though they get their academic grades from more qualified educators, still look for their parents help....read more

  • 3 of 43

    by Carrie Weitz

    Relinquishing complete control of a child's education to a school is akin to relinquishing complete control of personal finances to a bank. While it is important to place an en...read more

  • 4 of 43

    by Dearae Thomsen

    Parents have absolute control of their child's education. Some parents choose to turn that control completely over to the administrators of a school. Other parents send their ...read more

  • 5 of 43

    by Kirsten Callejas

    As teachers we recognize them. The parents who are so assertive they want to control every aspect of the precious son or daughter's school experience at the expense of the needs...read more

  • 6 of 43

    by Harleyangelbrat Marilyn Ramone

    Parents should definitely be in control of their child's education. I have Home Schooled for over twenty years now. I placed my first two of my six children out in Public Sch...read more

  • 7 of 43

    by N Srinivasan Rao

    Home is the first and ultimate school and parents are our first and final teachers. In sacred hymns it is clearly stated that'' mata ,pita ,guru ,divam''.which means mother f...read more

  • by Manisha Bhasin

    With birth a life is born. Proclaiming with its cries a time of a new beginning and enormous change. Confirming to the world the arrival of new joy and a sense of renewed hope. ...read more

  • 9 of 43

    by Melinda Clayton

    Schools and parents must work together to ensure that the academic goals of children are met. Unfortunately, this is often easier said than done. When my youngest started ...read more

  • 10 of 43

    by T. M. Beeker

    All educators operate under the Latin ideal of 'in loco parentis' or in the place of parents. This is a most clear cut answer to the question of a child's education, parents and...read more

  • 11 of 43

    by Melba Dagan

    Parents should always be in control of their child's education. Schools are provided so that every child may have an education but they are not entitled to control every child's...read more

  • 12 of 43

    by Renata Hunter

    SCHOOL CHOICE: Parents should be in control of their child's education while schools should provide the best education for each child. If your child is doing well in school and ...read more

  • by Joshua Keyes DVM

    In the context of this question, when we say "schools" we should say "government." Does that change anyone's feelings about the question: Should government or parents be in co...read more

  • 14 of 43

    by Aldo Bonincontro

    I think that there shouldn't be confusion between the roles of parents and school in children's education that mustn't be severe and repressive, but clear and reliable. So, I'm...read more

  • 15 of 43

    by Harsha Rohra

    A child's education should be controlled by parents. One of the main responsibilities that parents must bear after bringing their child into this world is parenting. Parenting...read more

  • 16 of 43

    by Edyta Tehrani

    Education plays very important role in child's life because it shapes their entire future. No one is more concerned about his success than parents, and schools are there to ai...read more

  • 17 of 43

    by J.M. Schell

    "Our Kids, Your Future." Every summer, the school district in which I live comes up with a slogan to put on its closed-for-the-season schools' marquis. This year, they all r...read more

  • 18 of 43

    by Linda Burleson

    The key word in this topic is "control". Public schools are essentially under the control of state and local government which to me begs the question, should the government be ...read more

  • 19 of 43

    by John Gugie

    This is a very good question. I believe that a child's education should be left up to the person or persons with the most qualifications and best interest of the child in mind....read more

  • 20 of 43

    by Laurie Glendenning

    I don't recall the school being there for conception. Maybe that is coming. In the mean time, I created her, I am raising her, I love and nurture her, I teach her manners and va...read more

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