Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’
6 Reasons States Shouldn’t Balance Budgets with a Carrot to Homeschool
6 Reasons States Shouldn't Balance Budgets with a Carrot to Homeschool By Linda Dobson Well, it looks like the "Homeschoolers Against Tax Credits" page on Facebook was set up just in the knick of time. The page is a place to share information for families that homeschool (or support homeschooling) who know that taking bait from the state is a [...]
Fed’s $4 Billion Education Carrot May be Losing Its Appeal
Fed's $4 Billion Education Carrot May be Losing Its Appeal By Linda Dobson A few weeks ago, a dozen governors who were among the finalists competing to receive a piece of the Obama administration’s $4+ billion economic stimulus called Race to the Top grants for school systems had stars in their eyes. After just two states – Delaware [...]
Healthy Perfectionism By Theresa Willingham
Healthy Perfectionism By Theresa Willingham I had all these notions when my kids were born; ideas about equitable, gender neutral, compassionate, self-esteem building child rearing. My children would all be models of hyphenated happiness: self-confident, well-rounded, and easy-going. We sought a balance for them, a middle road of [...]
