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The State Is Not a Parent
For the past half century, I have watched the federal government, state governments, and local governments throughout this country - including here in Illinois - systematically squeeze parents out of their children's care and replace them with agents of the state.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged ACLU, ACLU of Illinois, Bellotti v. Baird, Constitution of the State of Illinois, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, education, Equality Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker, HB 4834, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Legacy Project, Mahmoud v. Taylor, mental health, Meyer v. Nebraska, National Center for Youth Law, Parental Notice of Abortion Act, Parental Rights, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, public school, Reproductive Health Act, Roe v. Wade, SB 3138, SIECUS, Troxel v. Granville, U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Youth Mental Health Protection Act
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One Hundred Years – Religion and the Public Schools
A century ago, the Scopes Trial and Pierce v. Society of Sisters set the course for America’s schools—one ushering in Darwinian evolution, the other defending parental rights. The clash between faith and government control over our children’s education continues to this day.
Posted in Education
Tagged American Civil Liberties Union, Arthur Garfield Hays, Center of the Storm, Charles Darwin, Chattanooga Daily Times, Clarence Darrow, Darwinism, Horace Mann, James C. McReynolds, materialism, naturalism, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, The Butler Act, The Compulsory Attendance Act of 1922, The Scopes Trial, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson
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Hasidic Schools – A Lesson Regarding School Choice
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
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