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April 9, '01
Vol. 1, No. 6
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T H E
S C H O O L L I B E R A
T O R
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Alliance for the Separation of School and State
-Permission granted to forward in its entirety.-
1) Hole in the moral ozone
2) Lessons from Ancient Greece
3) How to loose track of $450M
4) Chartering the end of private education
5) California's Eastin has answer to school violence
6) EduAbsurdity: Do as I Say...
PLUS
* Next "Ask Marshall Teleconference" TOMORROW
* SepCon2001 Set for Nov. 16-18 in Arlington VA
* WJGR The Libertarian Hour Apr 27 to feature Fritz
* Fritz to speak in Rockford, Chicago, Minneapolis
* Fritz available for NYC and Philly
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THIS WEEK'S LINKS
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In "Teaching the Virtues" Professor Christina Hoff Sommers
expounds on the flaws of values clarification. Can virtue be taught?
Sommers says yes, yet misses
who the primary teachers of virtue must be...
http://www.sepschool.org/Other/Sommers
_teaching_virtues.htm
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Kathleen Melonakos reminds us that despite all our modern technology--and
our modern hubris--the experiences and wisdom of the Ancients is worthy of
our attention. See why in her "Ideas on Liberty" article,
"Lessons for American Education from the Ancient Greeks."
http://www.sepschool.org/Other/Melonak
os_Greeks.htm
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How can $450 million disappear? Down the education rat hole courtesy of
Uncle Sam, of course. Dave Mundy give us "Yet another reason to axe
the Education
Department," an excellent incremental step to separation of school
and state.
http://www.orangeleader.com/display/in
n_opinion/opinion01.txt
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What are Charters for? Crowding out private schools, apparently.
Proponents of school "choice" should consider
the unintended consequences of their pet schemes on the few private
schools left. John Tarka, director of the Pennsylvania
Federation of Teachers claims that 30% of Philadelphia's charter school
students came from private schools. In that city, most of those students
likely came from
Catholic schools.
"Legislators look at revising underpinnings of charter schools"
http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/200
1/04/04/city/SCHARTER04.htm
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Cracks in the Edifice: $60M per year for more shrinks in schools
California Superintendent of Schools Delaine Eastin
appeared in the state assembly to beg for money to nearly double the
number school counselors. "Children have too few [adult] people they
can go to [to] converse and to connect," says Eastin, without a hint
of irony. (Could forcibly taking children away from their parents
and out of their communities, and enrolling them in schools of several thousand
students have anything to
do with this failure to connect?--Ed.) Note how much money was spent after
Columbine and how little good it did
the Santana High victims. (Copy and paste long urls into
your browser.)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/
education/stories/safety_20010404.htm
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EduAbsurdity: Do as I Say...
In what seems to be school officials' never ending quest for the almighty
dollar, Springfield High (Fairfax, Virginia) principal David Smith had 47
students rounded up to forge their parents'
signatures on Impact Aid survey forms. Student newspaper broke the story.
Says Smith, it was a mistake that would not be repeated... (Asking for the
forgeries or getting caught, Dave? --Ed.)
"Student Newspaper Exposes Fairfax School's Misbehavior."
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articl
es/A40534-2001Apr4.html
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NEXT "ASK MARSHALL TELECONFERENCE" Tuesday,
April 10--that's tomorrow--at 9:30 pm Eastern, 6:30 pm Pacific, for
signers of the Proclamation and invited guests. Topic: "Public
Schools are a Public Menace." Duration one hour. Participants
pay their long distance charges to Oklahoma call center. Proclaimers will
receive notice of how to dial in. Others must request instructions from
Morgen Grey, Alliance Administrator at
Fresno HQ. mailto:Morgen@psnw.com
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FRITZ'S APPEARANCES
WJGR Radio, 1320 in Jacksonville Florida will have Marshall as their guest
on April 27 at 11 am EDT (8 am PDT). Catch the the webcast at
http://www.wjgr.com
Arlington Heigths IL--Saturday, April 21 at noon, details TBA.
Chicago--Saturday evening, April 21
Topic: "School Liberation Is Closer than We Think." Call Ken
Prazak for details: (847) 426-1974.
Minneapolis--Sunday afternoon, April 22, 2:30pm Libertarian Party of MN
2001 convention at the Mystic Lake Casino and Hotel, Prior Lake MN. Call
Charles Test for details: (612) 874-8531. (Free to public.)
St. Paul--Sunday evening, April 22, details TBA.
Rockford IL--Monday evening, April 23
University Club of Rockford. $12, includes hors d'oeuvres and coffee.
Topic: "Separate School and State? How to Remove Politics from
Education." Hosted by Allan Carlson and the Howard Center. RSPV to
Jean Heise (815) 964-5819.
Chicago---Tuesday lunch, April 24, noon
Heartland Institute. Topic: "Schools Can Be Liberated from Politics
Sooner Than We Think." Call (312) 377-4000.
Marshall will be available to meet with your
group in New York City Tuesday night, April 17, in Philadelphia Thursday
night, April 18, or in Chicago Monday night, April 23, or a Denver
breakfast meeting April 25. Call (559) 292-1776 to arrange.
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SepCon2001 is set for Friday-Sunday, Nov. 16-18, 2001, the weekend before
Thanksgiving, at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel in Arlington VA. Pencil it in
your calendar now.
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SCORECARD
Total Proclaimers (as of April 6, 2001): 12,251
New
Proclaimers year-to-date: 621
New Proclaimers in two weeks Mar 26-Apr 5, 2001: 28
Top three states in Proclaimers per million population: Minnesota, 177;
New Hampshire, 134; Utah, 117.
See all states at
http://www.sepschool.org/cgi/ranking.
cgi/PPM0
SIGN THE PROCLAMATION or get a family member to: "I proclaim publicly
that I favor ending government
involvement in education."
http://www.sepschool.org/Proclamation
WANT TO SOUND OFF? Discuss education issues with fellow articulate School
Liberators. Go to
http://www.sepschool.org/Other/eGrou
psDiscussion.htm
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? Send us your message at
mailto:ccuthbert@fix.net
WORD OF MOUTH is the most efficient means of marketing the Separator
philosophy. Please forward this newsletter to your family, friends and
associates.
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FINAL THOUGHT
"The only persons who seem to have nothing to do with the education
of the children are the parents."
--G.K.
Chesterton, What's Wrong with
the World, p. 308.
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THE SCHOOL LIBERATOR is currently a FREE service Of The Alliance for the
Separation of School & State 4578 N First #310, Fresno CA 93726 (559)
292-1776. We are a non-profit, grass roots educational organization
dedicated to informing people worldwide
how education can be improved for all--not only the poor--by liberating
schools from politics.
For more information and to sign our "Proclamation for the Separation
of School and State" go to
http://www.sepschool.org
Publisher: Marshall Fritz
Editor: Cathy Cuthbert
Copyright 2001, The Alliance for the Separation of School & State,
Inc. All rights reserved.
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