I found an article which addressed homeschooling, and it was a bit of a shocker:
The Corporate Sovereignty of Home School Education
Home-schooling; the wave of the future; the practical design that allows you to prepare your child’s education within the modern world by the standards long cherished and protected as family values. Taken up in [...]
In formal remarks at James C. Wright Middle School in Madison Wisconsin, President Obama outlined the federal government’s 4.3 billion dollar Race to the Top awards. His presentation defined “four challenges that our country has to meet for our children to outcompete workers around the world, for our economy to grow and to prosper, and [...]
It would be one thing if the cartoonists managed to draw something that actually showed a familiarity with homeschooling, but (so far) they just seem to equate it with sloth and ignorance.
USA Weekend, 2002, McLean, Virginia
Drawing of balding, bearded man lying on a couch, and and elderly couple speaking to him:
“Rodney, we think perhaps it’s [...]
Push for Preschool in Virginia
The push for more preschool continues in Virginia. Despite Virginia’s recently being named the state where a child has the best chance for success in life, those in political and education ranks used the publicity to lament the Commonwealth’s low score on preschool enrollment.
“It’s a timely reminder that we must ensure that more children [...]
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