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After seemingly decades of failed public education, some black families are using pods and microschools to ensure that their children receive a quality education. The emergence of education alternatives from the pandemic may be here to stay, particularly among a community which has been neglected by public education for several generations. The 74 Million reported […]

School choice is a growing trend among red states, and one of the leading pro-school choice states is the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. Its Republican governor, Doug Ducey, signed into law a significant advancement of school choice in which free-market competition could dislodge entrenched public school interests. Ducey’s office announced that the governor “signed […]

Parents and conservatives were right, while public school officials, teachers’ unions, and politicians were wrong: In-person school instruction is more valuable and safer than shutting down schools during a pandemic. The data is in and it shows that parents voted with their feet: They chose to not enroll in public schools because of the fear-based […]

Senator Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, delivered a stinging rebuttal to the Left’s policies in response to President Joe Biden’s speech before Congress. His speech was derided by the Left, which mockingly referred to him by using a racist term “Uncle Tim” on the social media platform Twitter. Big Tech censorship aside, Scott made […]

This homeschooling dad claims they are.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, a relatively unknown figure on the national scene, to head the U.S. Department of Education. Calling her a “brilliant and passionate education advocate,” Trump said in a press release that “under her leadership we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is […]

From School Reform News: The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has gathered greater than 14,500 signatures from citizens who object to language in a new form Colorado parents must complete to obtain immunization exemptions for their children. Colorado parents who choose not to immunize their children may submit to their child’s school a request for […]

There is good news and bad from the states on school choice, as compiled by the Heartland Institute in its School Reform News. First, the bad news: “A Minnesota family choosing to educate their child at home was threatened with legal action by local government school officials over alleged violations of the state’s laws requiring […]

When it becomes successful in their own backyards, even die-hard liberals support school choice. “I support [means-tested, not universal] vouchers, I support homeschooling, I support charter schools, I support changes in the traditional system, [and] I support virtual schools,” Dr. Howard Fuller, author of No Struggle, No Progress and former Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent, said […]

This year, a Catholic University sociologist published results of a study of children of same-sex parents that runs counter to much of the happy talk on the subject emanating from academia. “In the past two decades dozens of studies have concluded that children with same-sex parents fare as well or better than those in opposite-sex […]

A school official thought the kid had a marijuana leaf in his possession and the child was suspended and put into a homeschooling program, among other actions. But, the leaf was from a Japanese tree.

That’s quite a big number and it is growing. Also, the good news is that a good amount of local school districts are easing rules on restricting homeschooling.