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April 30,
'01 Vol. 1, No. 9
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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) Barnyard Politics
2) Pharmaceutical Blackmail
3) W.'s National Testing
4) EduAbsurdity: Walk a mile in *her* shoes?
PLUS
* Sepschool.org needs your generous support
* SepCon2001 Set for Nov. 16-18 in Arlington VA
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THIS WEEK'S LINKS
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"In our yard, we have both chickens and cats. Cats are hunters.
Chickens are prey." Find out what Ann Crum's "Barnyard
Politics" has to do with government schooling...
http://www.sepschool.org/Other/Crum_B
arnyard_Politics.htm
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Do US schools have a zero tolerance policy for drugs? Not according to Vin
Suprynowicz. He tells us how the control
types in the education establishment make Ritalin king. And don't miss
what's next in the pharmaceutical cornucopia. It's
Luvox for anxiety relief. Yes, this "safe" little pill with $2
billion in US sales in 2000 will help overcome that most dreaded childhood
disorder--shyness.
Ritalin: Pharmaceutical Blackmail.
http://www.haciendapub.com/supryno.html
Drug found to curb kids' anxiety
http://www.msnbc.com/news/564900.a
sp?cp1=1
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The Cato Institute has posted an online discussion about national
standards and testing at their website in both audio and video.
Participants: Alfie Kohn, author, "The Case Against Standardized
Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the
Schools;" Eugene W. Hickok Former Pennsylvania Secretary of
Education; and Sheldon Richman Editor, Ideas on Liberty
and author of "Parent Power: Why National Standards Won't Improve
Public Education." Bush's proposal for education would require states
to set standards in reading, math, science, and
history, and to test all public school children in grades 3 to 8. Is this
a proper role for the federal government? Will more tests encourage
student achievement and make schools accountable for student progress? Or
will more standardized testing result in
superficial thinking and a narrowing of curriculum?
National Standards and Testing: Will the Bush Education Plan Work?
http://www.cato.org/events/010426pf.html
For background on Bush's plan see "Coming: bigger US role
in schools."
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/
04/26/fp1s1-csm.shtml
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EduAbsurdity: "School Cross-Dressing Edict Outrages Delaware
Father"
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/
4/afa/262001b.asp
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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_W
inning.htm
...but we can't continue this invaluable
outreach strategy without your financial support.
Thank you, Marshall Fritz
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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): 12,390
New Proclaimers year-to-date: 760
New Proclaimers in week ending Apr 27: 42
Top three states in Proclaimers per million population:
Minnesota, 177; New Hampshire, 141; Utah, 123.
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/eGroups
Discussion.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
"I usually begin my talks about education by asking the audience if
they trust politicians. They all answer, 'No.' Then I ask if they believe
that government officials are better at making decisions
for their children then they are themselves. Again, they always answer,
'No.' If this is true, then why do people entrust their children to
politicians
and government officials?" --Ken Schoolland, author of Shogun's
Ghost: The Dark Side of Japanese Education.
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how education can be improved for all--not only the poor--by liberating
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Publisher: Marshall Fritz
Editor: Cathy Cuthbert
Copyright 2001, The Alliance for the Separation of School & State,
Inc. All rights reserved.
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