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May 15, '01
Vol. 1, No. 11
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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) More on the Parent/Student Rebellion
2) Charter Schools Sue California
3) Internet: Censorship Buster
4) Private School Enrollment Up
5) Forstmann on private scholarships
6) EduAbsurdity: Kid on lap? Call the cops.
PLUS
* www.sepschool.org needs your
financial boost
* SepCon2001 Set for Nov. 16-18 in Arlington VA
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THIS WEEK'S LINKS
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More on the growing high stakes/standardized testing push. Read our letter
from Jerry who was at the Albany, NY protest scene last week.
Letter from Albany
http://www.sepschool.org/Other/Jerry_Al
bany.htm
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Charter Chatter: Charter School trade association in California is suing
the Department of Education over unlawful regulations. "Despite the
successful track record of charter schools, the state bureaucracy is
strangling this effective and promising alternative to traditional public
schools with burdensome red
tape..." [Yes, of course, and they will continue to strangle every
"reform" effort. So, class, what's the answer to this dilemma?
Altogether, "Separate school and state."--Ed.]
Pacific Legal Foundation Takes Department of Education to Court
Over Illegal Regulations on Charter Schools
http://www.pacificlegal.org/prcanec.htm
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Yet another school official taking the wrong lesson from Columbine
destroyed the student newspaper rather than let the staff speak out about
school violence. The undeterred newspaper staff posted the censored issue
on the internet. (Copy and paste long urls into your browser.)
Hinsdale students put censored series on Internet
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/met
ro/chicago/article/0,2669,ART-51684,FF
.html
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Cracks in the Edifice: "It's a story that's increasingly common.
Across America, applications to private schools are up--in some cases, by
eyecatching percentages."
More knock at the doors of private schools
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001
/05/08/fp18s1-csm.shtml
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Ted Forstmann of the Children's Scholarship Fund in his May 3rd LA Times
editorial reports on recent polling
showing that Americans are ready for real education reform.
Parents Need to Lead Children into Education that Works
http://www.scholarshipfund.org/index.asp
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EduAbsurdity: Marissa, Illinois kindergartners can sleep a bit easier
tonight. Their brave school officials, when faced with the terror of a
five-year-old sitting on his mother's lap, leaped into action and did what
any hero would do--called the cops. Yes, little Johnny is once again safe
from maternal public
displays of affection. Now that the image of caring parents has been
excised from Hollywood, the next target is Main Street.
Mom expelled for letting son sit on lap
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/l
ap10.html
Ward and June Cleaver
http://www.lewrockwell.com/decoster/d
ecoster29.html
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HELP UPGRADE Sepschool.org
Still looking to reach our budget goal of $25,000 for a much needed
website face lift. Steve Brock is already hard at work redesigning www.sepschool.org.
Take a peek.
http://sbrock.hobbiton.org/clients/sep
school/
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.
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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 May 11, 2001): 12,543 New Proclaimers
year-to-date: 913 Top three states in Proclaimers per million population:
Minnesota, 184; New Hampshire, 142; Utah, 124.
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/eGro
upsDiscussion.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
"Christian people often justify putting their children in public
schools based on the fact that they are being salt and light in the
culture. However, we feel that is work for
the adults. Christian families shouldn't be sending little children as
surrogate evangelists, particularly the K-6 and
K-8 level, before they are able to handle the pressures and the hostile
environment that a pagan public school system
now represents. We feel it is a mistaken approach to education so we're
trying to correct that as really a practical and
theological error that many evangelical Christians hold."
--Reverend
E. Ray Moore
Should Christians Stay in Public Schools?
http://www.massnews.com/581chr.htm
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