HOMESCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION ISSUES, A QUICK MID-SUMMER 2022 UPDATE---for our home schoolers and non public school readers:
#1 - JOHN STOSSEL
#1 - JOHN STOSSEL
At least the pandemic had a silver lining. It taught parents that there are better alternatives to government schools.
When COVID hit, bureaucrats in control were eager to close schools. Many closed them if just one child tested positive, even though COVID is little threat to kids.
Union teachers seemed eager to be paid not to work. Los Angeles teachers secured a contract that said they will "not be required to teach classes using live video conferencing," and won't be required to "provide instruction more than four hours a day." Nice work if you can get it.
More than a million parents chose to leave the government system. They spent their own money to educate their children in private and religious schools.
Others tried home schooling.
Many had been skeptical but now discovered that their kids learned more, and their family life was enriched by teaching at home. The education establishment sneers at home schooling, but home-schooled students, even though they are more likely to be poor, score 30% higher on SAT tests. They also do better in college, and they are less likely to drink or do drugs. MORE AT
When COVID hit, bureaucrats in control were eager to close schools. Many closed them if just one child tested positive, even though COVID is little threat to kids.
Union teachers seemed eager to be paid not to work. Los Angeles teachers secured a contract that said they will "not be required to teach classes using live video conferencing," and won't be required to "provide instruction more than four hours a day." Nice work if you can get it.
More than a million parents chose to leave the government system. They spent their own money to educate their children in private and religious schools.
Others tried home schooling.
Many had been skeptical but now discovered that their kids learned more, and their family life was enriched by teaching at home. The education establishment sneers at home schooling, but home-schooled students, even though they are more likely to be poor, score 30% higher on SAT tests. They also do better in college, and they are less likely to drink or do drugs. MORE AT
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#2 - AND FOR THOSE FOLLOWING THE STATE OF "SEX EDUCATION" IN CROTON HARMON PUBLIC SCHOOLS: THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: MORE ON CROTON SCHOOLS AND THE "SEX EDUCATION" PROGRAM, A LETTER FROM THE 7/14 THROUGH 7/20/2022 GAZETTE
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SEE THE MAY 2022 EDITION OF THIS SERIES AT THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: HOMESCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION ISSUES, A MAY 2022 UPDATE
