[fintstone]

Originally Posted by tadd

Flint:
Why should there be discipline? That is a parent problem.

You are there to learn. Don't want to learn, don't be there and there should be NO alternative schools. Again, make parents responsible. They can pay for private daycare for their miscreants.

We need a modern classical education. Everyone gets the same foundation.
1. Reading to the level of classic works like Adam Smith (oh god the corn... man goes on and on about corn...) and Shakespeare.
2. Math through algebra.
3. Basic science of how things work. Physics, chemistry, biology. You should know how your body works. The Krebs cycle is just as basic as 2+2.
4. Physical education.
5. Programming. (replaces foreign language).

Ok. Sounds like my school. We did not have an alternative either.
I would add history/civics.