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April 23,
'01 Vol. 1, No. 8
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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.-
--Please distribute widely.--
1) Tyranny Naked
2) Skunk Cabbage by Any Other Name...
3) Doping Children
4) Teachers Strike in Hawaii
5) EduAbsurdity: Would Anne of Green Gables
Be in Dutch in Jackson, Michigan?
PLUS
* Sepschool.org needs your generous support
* SepCon2001 Set for Nov. 16-18 in Arlington VA
* WJGR The Libertarian Hour Apr 27 to feature Fritz
* Fritz to speak in Rockford, Chicago, Denver?
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THIS WEEK'S LINKS
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Is there a homosexual-activist agenda being stealthily forced on
California parents by the Department of Education? That's how it appears
with the Superintendent Delaine Eastin's announcement last week of task
force
recommendations ostensibly to protect homosexual students. See how good
intentions can become "Tyranny Naked."
http://www.sepschool.org/Other/Cuthbe
rt_Tyranny_Naked.htm
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Florida moved a step closer to a $50 million business tax credit when the
state Senate approved the measure. Georges Clowes comments on the
anti-choice camp's strategy, noting that opponents of vouchers may be able
to stop tax credits the same way. They are not fooled by the label
"tax credits,"--stealth vouchers, as Marshall Fritz calls them.
Also, they make no distinction between private and government scholarship
programs, which in most cases is correct since private programs look for
government money. Tax credit fans need to heed his warning: "[N]o
school choice option is likely
to be free of calls for additional regulation." (Copy and paste long
urls into your browser.)
"Tax credit OK'd for [Florida] voucher plan."
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/storie
s/041301/met_5905129.html
"Tax Credits Face Same Challenges as Vouchers" by George Clowes
http://www.heartland.org/education/ap
r01/tactics.htm
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John Silber, Chancellor of Boston University, takes a swipe at Ritalin in
"We must deal with children, not dope them."
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/co
lumnists/silb04122001.htm
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Cracks in the Edifice: Teachers' have supposedly brought "education
to a halt" in Hawaii, according to NEA President Bob Chase, showing
typical edu-hubris
by equating schooling with learning. But some parents aren't waiting
around for the strike to end.
Hawaii school year threatens to end in academic disaster
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/04/17/h
awaii.teachers.ap/index.html
Kane'ohe parents form 'home school'
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/arti
cle/2001/Apr/14/ln/ln03a.html/?print=on
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EduAbsurdity: Green Hair Leads to Disciplinary Action. "Marie
Whitehead may have liked her green hair, but officials at her middle
school didn't.... Columbia Middle School students are not allowed
to dye their hair any unnatural color, Superintendent Brent Beamish said
Monday." (One wonders if there
might be something--ANYTHING--more important to do with your time,
Brent.--Ed.)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,293
3,11435,00.html
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HELP UPGRADE Sepschool.org
Each day, we get from 4 to 6 new signers of the Proclamation via the
Internet. On peak days when we are mentioned in a popular on-line
newsletter, we have gotten as many at 100 new signers. I am
convinced with effort, we can make 100 per day the standard. That's 3,000
new signers per month.
Here's our two-step plan:
1) Upgrade the website so it looks better, is better organized, and sells
merchandise on-line.
2) Start pushing to get more traffic.
Steve Brock is already hard at work redesigning
www.sepschool.org. Take a peek.
http://sbrock.hobbiton.org/clients/sepschool/
But he can't continue without funding. Can you please donate some part of
the $25,000 webpage budget we have for this year? Any amount is greatly
appreciated.
Please email your contribution amounts to
mailto:Morgen@psnw.com If you pay by
credit card, have her call you back for the number so all is secure.
We're winning...
http://www.sepschool.org/Other/Fritz_
Winning.htm
...but we can't continue this invaluable
outreach strategy without your financial support.
Thank you, Marshall Fritz
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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 webcast at
http://www.wjgr.com
Rockford IL--Monday evening, April 23
University Club of Rockford. $12, includes hors d'oeuvre 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 for 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 20, 2001): 12,348 New Proclaimers
year-to-date: 718 New Proclaimers in two weeks Apr 6-20, 2001: 97 Top
three states in Proclaimers per million population: Minnesota, 177; New
Hampshire, 140; Utah, 122.
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
"If public housing is welfare, public schooling is welfare. If a free
lunch at noon is welfare, a free math class at
10:00 am is welfare."
--Marshall Fritz, President, The Alliance for the Separation of School and
State
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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 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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