The state is a terrible replacement for real community…

I was talking with a local school principal recently about the epidemic of teacher stress, and he explained that schools are no longer just places of education; they have become the front line for solving deep-seated social problems. A staggering number of children are entering Primary One without the most basic foundations. Some aren’t toilet trained. Many have never had a book read to them or learned a simple nursery rhyme. Teachers are seeing significant speech delays and behavioural...