At 12:07 PM 8/1/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
>> Does the Dutch system provide any educational choice?
>>
>> My essential argument is that there is *no* universal way of educating
>> human beings. Thus, an optimal education system *must* provide human
>> beings with different choices for receiving an education.
>
>The Dutch system provides plenty of choice. Once you're past your eight
>years of basic education, we have educational options to suit everybody's
>interests and intellectual capabilities.
But, before eight years, you have no choice? Is this lack of choice
determined by local geography or a centralized institution? By this I
mean the fact that in the United States, 99% of all children are required
to attend the school set by their local school district. Local school
districts are mutually-exclusive geographic divisions in the United States.
>You can also select a school based on your religious beliefs, although the
>options there are pretty much limited to secular, catholic and protestant.
>(I don't know of any schools that base their philosophy on Islam, for
>example -- although there might be a few.)
Does the government pay for these?
And more importantly, is the Freedom of Religion of Dutch citizens
seriously jeopardized by this? <grin>
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