Local6.com, WKMG, Apr 24 ’05: Police Handcuff 5-Year-Old Girl in Florida St. Petersburg, Florida. The teacher and principal were unable – why? – to restrain an unruly 5-year-old girl, so they called the police. Three officers restrained the little girl … Continue reading →
Laurence M. Vance: Problems with Educational Voucher Proposals Several problems with government vouchers are mentioned, including: They are an another income-transfer program, paid for by taxpayers. The independence of private schools will be lost. “Under a state-funded voucher system, there … Continue reading →
Familyeducation.com, Katy Abel: When Student Writings Set Off School Alarms: Horror Story Lands Canadian Teen in Jail (http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,63-21838,00.html) This story is from early 2001. The boy was bullied and was also accused of making threats. “The unidentified 16-year-old boy had … Continue reading →
L. Neil Smith – Feb 27 ’05: Schools and Zero Tolerance Policies: Letter of Appreciation (Original Post)
Continue reading →Canada and Australia: Aboriginal Children and the State www.carleton.ca “… Resolution of the terrible memories associated with forced removal of children from their families — along with land claims and associated treaty rights — constitutes a central moral issue facing … Continue reading →
Muslim parents urged to keep kids in anti-homophobia classes www.cbc.ca, CBC News, Nov 17 ’04 Since I believe that parents are responsible for how their children are educated, I find everything about this incident in November to be absolutely amazing. … Continue reading →
October 5, 2003 Liberty, War & Politics Values, Cults BLACKOUT COVERAGE – The Price of Power by George Dance, Libertarian Bulletin Newsletter of the Ontario Libertarian Party, Fall, 2003 www.libertarian.on.ca Discusses the benefits of “price gouging” in conserving scarce resources. … Continue reading →
June 30, 2003 – B Teaching and Learning With Phonics by Linda Schrock Taylor, LewRockwell.com, June 30, 2003
Continue reading →June 22, 2003 – A Now They Tell Us by Joseph Sobran , www.sobran.com, June 3, 2003 C.S. Lewis once overheard some soldiers conversing during wartime. He was startled to discover that they all casually assumed their government was … Continue reading →
June 19, 2003 – A Homeschoolers in the trenches by David Limbaugh, WorldNetDaily.com, June 17, 2003 …According to the study, the average eighth-grade homeschooler was performing four grade levels above the national average. Nevertheless, some homeschooling families are still … Continue reading →