‘ED NEWS & POLITICS’ Archives
Congrats, New Hampshire Homeschoolers!
This is just a quick note to let readers know that New Hampshire homeschoolers' hard work held off a legislative threat to their free practice of home education. Congratulations, one and all...now that the civics lesson is over, go have a snowball fight and enjoy!
An Idea Parents at the Helm Can Share at School Budget Hearings
Recently, Amy O'Brien of Hampton Falls, Maine, put forth a bit of Yankee common sense when she wrote a letter to the editor that appeared on Seacoastonline in response to a call for public input on school budget cuts in Maine School Administrative District 35. "If offered the choice," Amy begins, "many parents may choose to have their child [...]
English Homeschoolers: The Canary in the Mine for All Parents
You may not be aware, but the practice of homeschooling is seriously threatened in England as the government considers its Children, Schools and Families Bill; actually it’s Schedule 1 of that bill, specifically. Home educators have done a bang-up job of expressing their grievances through their representatives, but it may be to no avail. If [...]
More Costs of Public School Failure
The study was aptly titled "Paying Double: Inadequate High School and Community College Remediation." Performed by The Alliance for Excellent Education, a non-profit based in Washington, D.C., the study "shows that a good chunk of students are unprepared for life after high school," according to Danielle Wood, author of the story at [...]
National Education Assoc. Protecting Jobs, Not Kids
You might think this headline comes from a homeschooling advocate; in this case, you’d be wrong. These words belong to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, taken from a speech he gave to the National Education Association last summer: “When an ineffective teacher gets a chance to improve and doesn’t – and when the tenure system keeps [...]
