While I would love to help start a WOG school, I think it would cost too much money without government aid et cetera. What we could do however, is standardize a curriculum, and home school our children, and if not home school, then at least give them WOG lessons after school. I plan on doing something similar with my children, starting at a very young age. If I have children that is. 

I have a daughter and another due new years eve (yeah, I'm creating an army ) I am starting with the home schooling but Uncle Sam is regulating her development in ways that I would rather he not.

Last night on the news they proudly said "after changes to the way tests are administered the LAUSD has noticed an increase in test scores..." This is the same as saying they dumbed down the tests so everyone could pass. Lovely.

But I have been through the system, I know that they are teaching absolute crap. Those are the kinds of things one worries about as a parent.

Check out the local community, homeschoolers can be very well organized with tons of group activities. 

I would also make the counterpoint that being in public school does not magically make a child socially adept. 

As far as starting a school, regulations vary considerably from state to state and, obviously, from country to country.  I've heard places where you had to have two levels of education greater than the grade that you were going to teach.  Other places required one person in the organization to hold a degree in education.  Sometimes it is as simple as teaching the local approved curriculum and maintaining the test scores.  I bet once someone really digs into the issue they'll find that setting a school up isn't any more difficult than establishing a business.

There are military schools, there are hippy schools.  It seems that every other rinky dink church has their own school around here.  As long as there are enough children to make a school viable within a community, that community can run a school. 

Food for thought:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1971-11-01/How-To-Start-Your-Own-School.aspx

Not for everyone's taste and it's from 1970 but we're not the first people to start thinking along these lines.

Enroll them in a martial art. It will reinforce discipline, place the kid in a social environment, keep the kid in shape, and teach self-defense all in one go. Plus, if you do decide to place the kid in a public school (lets face it, most people can't afford to have a stay at home parent these days) it will also boost self esteem (since kids at school can be jerks) and help prevent onset of ADD.

Edit: given the option, you could even join WITH the child and re-enforce a parent-child bond, while keeping yourself in shape at the same time.

edit2: I can't emphasize the importance of parent-child bonds enough. No one bonds with their kid anymore, which is the reason our society is so screwed up. I bond very closely with my dad and my sister bonds with my mom, so we actually still have a family unit.

Also my dad is fairly wog, he just doesn't know it

All good points by everyone. Socializing can be done without going to public school. My daughter is 4 now and she has karate, gymnastics, and is going to start hockey soon and she is very well adapted socially. The school, the karate, and taking her outside has made her able to have a grown up conversation with adults. She goes hiking with me but we haven't gone camping yet (outside of the yard) but we will soon.

Well the idea that I had (not that I intend to actually create a school no matter how cool it would be) is to create a curriculum containing three veins. I got the idea from an old newsreal where SK and Cimm were talking about humans evolving into two distinct groups: warriors and scientists. There really should be three groups warriors, scientists, and spiritual leaders. Before you all say, "what?! religion?!" the way I define spiritual leaders is pretty much moral and positive attitude (enjoying nature.)

It would work like this: kids of 4 would go through basic Kinder classes (drawing, art & crafts, words, letters, numbers, playing, socializing, etc) really basic stuff. This would determine their aptitude for physical, mental, or spiritual leadership (they are all developed into leaders.) Their focus would then start at the age of 5 with a secondary focus and a tertiary focus. If you had an aptitude for physical more than mental, and mental more than spiritual, you would take classes at a ratio of 3/2/1. Three physical classes, two science classes, and one spiritual class. Everyone would learn all three aspects of human existence. You could change your focus at any time and it would all be voluntary of course.

There would be no grading scale. You either learn it or you don't. If you don't learn something, you don't pass. Only makes sense right? For instance, if you need to assemble an M15 and you don't know how to put in the firing pin, you fail. This would create a system where people did what they were good at, no question about it. You would know where you fit and you would do what you were meant to do.

Work at your own rate. Kids are treated as adults and responsible for their actions. The teachers would have to LOVE what they do otherwise the kids would grow bored. The real key would have to be the teachers, not the students, because that is how you REALLY learn. Lead by example, etc.

How about a sample curriculum?
Physical classes - physical exercise,  karate, 1st aid, etc.
Mental classes - history, chemistry, strategy, etc.
Spiritual - botany, meditation, art, music, etc.

1 person teaches 10. Those 10 are qualified teachers, after they pass a class, who can teach another 10 each. The wog virus would spread quick.

Great link.

When I think of a WOG school I tend to hit both hippie and military school ideals but the overwhelming thought is that a school is a place to learn what you want to be. The only way to really do that is by seeing it in action. The teachers would do what they do best and the students would learn by seeing them doing it. They would be enthusiastic about it and the kids who liked it would pick up on that. There is no need to create or mold people into anything but leaders in the field they have chosen to become.

@Saigh
Yeah, exactly. There is too much separation between the teachers and students. There is too much separation between actually doing something and the theory of it. All schools are pretty much just book teaching now. Which is great if you just want to learn to read.