Recommendable! Keep in mind this article was published 1956.
"A century ago education (about 1850) was almost entirely privately supported and controlled throughout the United States. ... Under this diverse system based on various educational philosophies and with widely varying curricula ... regimentation of instruction was impossible, and there was wide experimentation. This diversity by its very nature enriched our culture. ...
It is difficult to see the justice of compelling those who are paying already for private instruction to be taxed additionally for government schools to which their offspring do not go or to which they would prefer not to send them. ...
There is a real and present danger in regimented government education which an expanded private school system would allay by its wide variety of curricula and de-centralization of control. Courses of study laid down by, or increasingly influenced by, a central administration can be disastrous if not in step with changing requirements in an evolving society."
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