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Hasidic Schools – A Lesson Regarding School Choice

Posted on December 29, 2022 by David E Smith

The first compulsory attendance laws in America were introduced by Horace Mann in Massachusetts in 1852. This created a shift from what I consider to be true “public schools,” which were open to the public, but controlled by parents in local communities, to “government schools,” which we have had ever since. Today’s schools are funded by the government, regulated, and controlled by the government, and all of the standards are set and enforced by government dictates.

Posted in Education | Tagged A BEKA, ACE School of Tomorrow, Amish, Bob Jones Press, Christian Law Association, Common Core, education choice, ESAs, Hasidic schools, Homeschool Legal Defense Association, Horace Mann, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Protestants, Rutherford Institute, virtual charter schools, Vouchers, Wisconsin v. Yoder, yeshivas | Comments Off

Silver Lining: COVID Boosted Idea of Educational Freedom

Posted on September 13, 2022 by David E Smith

As Mao Zedong took over China with his communist revolutionaries, he sparked one of the largest mass migrations of the 20th century. Between 1948 and 1950, an estimated 2 million Chinese refugees fled Mao’s regime and escaped to Taiwan and other countries around the world. While Mao was razing and restructuring Chinese culture and society, these refugees were able to begin new lives in safer and freer countries.

While the Chinese mass migration makes the history books, a similar 2-million-in-2-years migration is currently happening—across educational borders. An analysis published by Harvard’s Education Next Institute (EN) recently announced that, between the …

Posted in Education | Tagged charter schools, China, COVID–19, education choice, Education Next Institute, government schools, Homeschool, homeschool co-op, Mao Zedong, Michael Bloomberg, microschools, private schools, public education, public schools, Taiwan, Terry McAuliffe, u.s. department of education | Comments Off

Growing Number of Government School Students Face Anti-Christian Attacks

Posted on March 19, 2022 by David E Smith

As incomprehensible to average Americans as it may seem, three stories about government school students facing disciplinary actions for expressing their Christian faith were featured in Christian media publications over the past few months...

Posted in Education, Religious Liberty | Tagged American Center for Law and Justice, Christian Persecution, Christina Compagnone, education choice, First Amendment, free exercise of religion, Harmeet K. Dhillon, Home Education, homeschooling, Religious Liberty, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, U.S. Supreme Court | Comments Off

The Time for School Choice Is Past Due

Posted on July 17, 2021 by David E Smith

An old story tells of a big, successful store with a plaque in the employees’ lounge which read: “Rule #1. The customer’s always right. Rule #2. If you ever think the customer is wrong, reread Rule #1.”

I bring this up because the public school education establishment (to be distinguished from the rank and file teachers, many of whom are dedicated public servants), often treat their customers as if they’re wrong and as if the education elites know better than the dumb parents.

School choice is the ultimate answer to America’s education crisis, and there ought to be bipartisan agreement …

Posted in Education | Tagged American Federation of Teachers, Critical Race Theory, education choice, Family Research Council, Gary Bauer, Home School Legal Defense Association, indoctrination, Jr., Marxism, Mike Donnelly, Our American Values, Randi Weingarten, Rev. Martin Luther King, The Washington Post, Tony Perkins | Comments Off

SCOTUS Will Hear Potentially Landmark Maine School Choice Case

Posted on July 10, 2021 by David E Smith

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a potentially landmark case challenging a Maine law that bans families from participating in a student-aid program if they choose to send their children to religious schools.

Posted in Education | Tagged Carson v. Makin, education choice, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, School Choice, SCOTUS, Trinity Lutheran v. Comer | Comments Off