The teacher-education monolith and its allies, redolent with what George Will calls “romantic progressivism,” oppose educational philosophies such as the one that characterizes the American Indian Public Charter School.

Look at the mores and educational rigor that this successful Charter encourages:

Students are taught to sit properly and keep their eyes on the teacher. No makeup, no jewelry, no electronic devices. AIPCS’ 200 pupils take just 20 minutes for lunch and are with the same teacher in the same classroom all day. Rotating would consume at least 10 minutes, seven times a day. Seventy minutes a day in AIPCS’ extra-long 196-day school year would be a lot of lost instruction. The school doesn’t close for Columbus Day, Martin Luther King Day or Cesar Chavez Day.
Every student takes four pre-AP (advanced placement) classes. There are three weeks of summer math instruction, three hours of homework a night. Seventh-graders take the SAT. College is assumed.

Tell me. Just who here is standing firm for Indian and other children?