Lynn Stoddard, a retired educator, had this article published in the Ogden Standard-Examiner. With permission from Lynn, I am reposting it here. Lynn makes several great points about the differences in children that make standardization of a classroom of children impossible.

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It is a disturbing fact that Utah spends less per student in our public schools than any other state, but we spend more than the national average to incarcerate prisoners in jail.

We could reduce the tax burden for prisons and spend more for education, if nearly every child grew up with a firm resolve to be a “contributor” rather than a “burden” to society. Is this possible? The answer is yes, if we have the courage to change the purpose of public edu