"With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.'"

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About Amity Shlaes

Amity Shlaes is an American author, journalist, and commentator focused on U.S. economic and political history. She is known for bestselling nonfiction works on the Great Depression and postwar America.

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