How can we eliminate political bias in education? (legal, dollar, parties)

[Beenhere4ever]

Here we go again. Fact=Political Bias. Mythology deserves equal treatment with fact.

[TheHurricaneKid]

Originally Posted by Beenhere4ever

Here we go again. Fact=Political Bias. Mythology deserves equal treatment with fact.

Should mythology be a part of biological or tectonic history?

[Greg_IA]

Originally Posted by Harrier

De-unionize the teachers.

The teacher's unions are in the Democratic Party's pocket.

This was my first thought after reading the title.

[boner]

English, Math and Science everything else should be home schooled

Maybe Phys Ed

[natalie469]

Originally Posted by Harrier

De-unionize the teachers.

The teacher's unions are in the Democratic Party's pocket.

Why, so they can be even more abused.

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by TheHurricaneKid

I keep coming across with people arguing about indoctrination. Common topics include sex education, evolution, biological history, government and economic policies. Is there any way to settle these arguments? Any way to eliminate bias?

Don't mandate the soft sciences (geography, anthropology, psychology, and history) as part of the curriculum. Most indoctrination takes place in this academic field. Make those optional and keep the math, English, and hard science mandatory

[cometclear]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

You can't as long as you accept government money.

Indeed, if you really want an absence of political agendas being foisted on students, go to our private, religious schools bereft of government dollars. The neutrality practically oozes out of the schools doors.

Teach things that are supported by facts and evidence.

The right wing nuts will still complain about bias, because they have a problem with facts and evidence. Those people should be ignored. Kids shouldn't have their education's ruined just because a bunch of morons think human knowledge hasn't advanced since a storybook was written by a bunch of people who knew essentially nothing.

[cometclear]

I don't know that I've ever had a good teacher who taught without bias.

I'll just bet that the OP would prefer the type of fictional history books that the state of Texas loves. You know, David Barton-style "scholarship." The kind of feel-good history that leaves out all that messy stuff that might reflect poorly on the good ole US of A. After all, if you talk about Guatemala in the fifties or the American-Philippines "War" or if you talk seriously about the indigenous peoples of America beyond them as "fierce warriors," well, that's revisionism.

Now, as to the real indoctrination:


Pete Seeger - What Did You Learn In School? - YouTube

[never-more]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

Don't mandate the soft sciences (geography, anthropology, psychology, and history) as part of the curriculum. Most indoctrination takes place in this academic field. Make those optional and keep the math, English, and hard science mandatory

Would it be not arguable to leave out the hard sciences as well because of the AGW/CC inferno? That field is often the most reviled of being biased. And what about things such as the Constitution and Bill of Rights, should those be left out as well?

~never-more