Misanthropic Sycophant Monsters .

I am not surprised at all by them marginalizing Sanders. I wish people would realize that the media is biased, but not in a 'liberal' fashion.

commercial .

Or some other bullshit.

Then I am fine with it. I think the neoliberal model of targeting narrow groups for benefits is stupid and wrong. If you are paying for something, you should be able to benefit if the need is there.

Of course, some folks (cough HRC cough) just love to play that game.

it is really a great idea.

degree is equivalent to a K-12 degree of the past. A lot of it has to do with the quality of cost-ridden underfundunding, squabbles over unions and other social difficulties. But again Pre=K to 16 puts us about even with 50 years ago.

which is exactly how neocons like it. An educated America is a liberal America, an America that demands its fair share.

and has been a work in progress. Current public, secular, equal education ... for the most part, dates back to John Dewey.

"The first colonial public schools bore little resemblance to our modern system. At first, only boys attended these institutions, and their coursework seldom went further than what today we would call a grammar school curriculum. Throughout the 17th century, only women whose families were wealthy enough received formal private educations. The education of poor women was typically limited to whatever they picked up at home. - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/american-public-education-an-origin-story/#sthash.hegOTVio.dpuf "-

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"Part and parcel with homogenizing the public schools was the effort to ensure that all eligible children were present for instruction. As a result, compulsory attendance laws were passed beginning in 1852. And by 1918, compulsory attendance through elementary school was the law in each of the (then) 48 states. - See more at: http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/american-public-education-an-origin-story/#sthash.hegOTVio.dpuf"

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John Dewey (1859-1952)

John Dewey was the most significant educational thinker of his era and, many would argue, of the 20th century. As a philosopher, social reformer and educator, he changed fundamental approaches to teaching and learning. His ideas about education sprang from a philosophy of pragmatism and were central to the Progressive Movement in schooling. In light of his importance, it is ironic that many of his theories have been relatively poorly understood and haphazardly applied over the past hundred years.

http://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/john.html

A coincidence...He was born in Burlington, VT

Not every question can be neatly rebutted in one sentence.

I said the colonials established free public education. This is true. I did not say it was in the same form that we know today. I said nothing about compulsory or gender or anything of the kind.

I realize that community colleges are pretty affordable already, but they fill a niche that 4 year schools don't. We need people trained in the trades - welders, plumbers, electritions - as we as medical paraprofessionals.