‘ED NEWS & POLITICS’ Archives
Public Schools In Crisis: Will Children Be Victims of A Failing Economy Today AND Tomorrow?
I'm sorry - when I read stories about the economy getting better, I just don't believe them. There's a man who stands sweltering in the hot sun, holding up his "Jobless, please help" sign near the entrance to the interstate every day. There is at least one Facebook friend daily announcing they, too, have become a worried statistic. There is the [...]
THE DECLARATION OF EDUCATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
The Declaration of Educational Independence By Linda Dobson © 1997 WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for Families to dissolve the Educational Bands which have connected them to a faltering Society, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God [...]
Homeschool Grandma Takes on Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada
U. S. Senate hopeful Sharron Angle's journey to homeschooling is a familiar one. In 1981, her son "failed kindergarten," she tells Robert Costa in his National Review Online article titled, "All about Sharron Angle: The Background of the Woman Who's Taking on Harry Reid." "After he failed kindergarten, I put him back in for that second year and [...]
When Public Schools Are All Fixed, Then Let’s Talk about Homeschooling
Until then, I really don't see where public schooling proponents have the nerve to talk about much of anything with a straight face. To wit: New York state tested about 1.2 million kids in grades 3-8 in English and math, according to the New York Post's "NY Passes Students Who Get Wrong Answers on Tests" by Carl Campanile and Susan [...]
America’s Public Schools
The public school system in this country is based on a false definition of education. Its path leads us to false goals. At the same time, the public school system does not follow the true meaning of education. Therefore, we are not educating our children at all. We are conditioning them. From The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, [...]
