Posted on 02/10/2008 3:15:53 AM PST by Polk Salad Annie Buzz
Families are running for their lives....
In a Feb. 7 press release, a broad coalition of Christian grass-roots organizations boldly banded together urging parents to either homeschool their children or place them in Christian schools. Prominent pro-family crusaders like Phyllis Schlafly, once a proponent of public school reform, are saying it's time to exit public schools.
Indeed, the situation is so serious that in states around the country, sexual material is being taught to children as young as kindergarten age. Barb Anderson, research and policy analyst with the Minnesota Family Council, details lewd content being taught in public schools in a policy paper titled "The Birds & Bees Project: Gay Sex Ed for Kids." According to Anderson, a presenter at the annual Minnesota School Health Education Conference stated, "When speaking to teens you must tell them there is no right or wrong and no good or bad choices."
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It’s English. It is a component of intelligence.
no, because everyone would still pay their propery tax as usual including renters as part of their rent. But those who would put their kids in private schools would not have to pay for that and tuition for public schools. The governments expenditures on the schools would probably drop by 50% so the drop in tax revenue would be paid for. There is no logical reason not to do it.
Is there any reliable information on how that is going?
Also, is there a private school ping list?
No how do you justify that?
My wife is a Public School teacher and In think it is hypocritical.
That’s admirable and I’m sure it’s true.
It is also anecdotal and does not counter the objective evidence which suggests a public school education is usually inferior to alternatives.
In addition, there are numerous reasons to home school or private school your children that have nothing to do with academics.
That is the situation I am in.
The school my children attend is a better academic environment than the local public schools, yes, but the real reasons I sign those checks with a smile each month have much more to do with the fact that they are in a clean, safe environment that still teaches decent classical American and Judeo-Christian values.
There has to be an accurate source.
I’m on board. Give me orders. :-)
Is he really?
Hmmm.
That could be a tipping point position for me (if he was serious).
Parental involvement is the key,
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The reason parental involvement is the key is because it is the parents who are doing the educating. The school is merely sending home the curriculum.
Wow. There is more than just a little bit of truth in that I’m sorry to say (from experience).
You know what you should do? I a very pleasant manner with a nice warm smile you should go up to one of them sometime when checking out a book and say “You know what, we’ve been coming here for nine years now and I don’t even know you’re name. Hi. I’m ____and these are my children ___ and _____”
Who knows.
yes.
from 1999 when he first ran
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E2DC173EF93AA1575AC0A96F958260
and in 2007 debate
Q: How can we improve the quality of public schools in this country?
A: Choice and competition is the key to success in education in America. That means charter schools, that means home schooling, it means vouchers, it means rewarding good teachers and finding bad teachers another line of work. It means rewarding good performing schools, and it really means in some cases putting bad performing schools out of business. I want every American parent to have a choice, a choice as to how they want their child educated, and I guarantee you the competition will dramatically increase the level of education in America. And I applaud our former Governor [Jeb] Bush for the great job he’s done on education in Florida and America.
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I’m telling you guys, McCain is the real deal.
I don't have any information.
Also, is there a private school ping list?
Not that I know.
There has to be an accurate source.
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I haven’t been able to find one.
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The first thing to do is get the idea out. Copy and paste post #96 and start posting everywhere you think it might make a difference. Send it to those you know.
Eventually, someone with leadership ability to make it happen will pick up on it.
Thanks for your interest.
Wintertime
1.1 Million in 2003.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004115.pdf
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/statistics.html#homeschl
1.1 million (2.2% of all students in America) are home schooled.
23% of the physical schools (brick and mortar) with 10% of the nations students are in private schools (secular and religious).
Hmm. Not sure that will work. A clear, concise plan of attack might work better. We’re libel to look like moonbats.
I saw that same study. However, if you notice the second place category of occupations most likely to use private/home schooling it was just as interesting...US Congressmen.
Here’s something along the line of what you were referring to:
http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=1612§ionID=55
Alpha Phonics is easy to Google. We highly recommend it. There are other good phonics systems, too. We have also used Alpha Phonics teaching Chinese who want to imnprove their English pronunciation and enunciation, and it works very well. Some virtually lose their accents altogether. We don’t think their accents are so undesireable, but they see losing that as real progress in language skill.
We’ve have a 15 year-old that we home school. I’d suggest that home schooling is no where near as difficult as it was 20 years ago. There are numerous resources that are readily available and hundreds of home school support organizations have sprung up across the country. It’s almost “easy” to get included in a home schooling group now.
Most large cities have home school fairs where parents can find resources and teaching materials pre-packaged and ready for use. Such materials were difficult to find and few in number just a few years ago.
Numerous good private schools offer home school curriculum where kids can stay at home and actively participate in online education, with certified teachers providing answers to questions and participating in daily online “class” discussions. This is the option that we currently use with our 15 year-old. She's requires nothing more than the course materials and a computer. She does the rest with the online school. It's accredited and when she graduates she'll receive a diploma.
Things have changed, a great deal. I suggest that before someone surrender to the fear mongering about home schooling that they spend a few hours actively researching resources and options online. Most will find that the task and even the sacrifice involved is no where near as daunting as it once was.
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