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June 6, '01
Vol. 1, No. 14
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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) Who Said There's No Free Lunch
2) False Reform
3) Diversity Week
4) Zero Tolerance Follies
5) EduAbsurdity: Strip-search the class-cutters
PLUS
* Gatto book/Fritz video bonus package
* 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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Oliver Del Signore, writer for Backwoods Home Magazine, http://www.backwoodshome.com
explores the unintended consequences of the school lunch program in
Holyoke, Massachusetts. The Alliance's motto, courtesy of Max Victor Belz,
is "I don't want my children to be fed or clothed by the state, but I
would prefer that to their
being educated by the state." Sadly, all three are
happening in today's public schools.
When Liberals Succeed
http://www.sepschool.org/Other/DelSignore_Libera
ls_Succeed.htm
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The Cato Institute continues to advocate false reform for
public education. Their current push is for tax credits,
known around the Alliance as stealth vouchers. In this
article, they propose that tax credits be given for
donations to non profit scholarship funds(why non profit,
a government designation?), but of course leave out
the unintended consequences of the sure to follow government regulation of
these funds and government control of private schools via such tax
credits. May we suggest that Cato's scholars research the federal take
over of higher education in the United States and how this was
accomplished through the GI Bill, federal loan guarantees and research
grants (i.e. college vouchers and scholarships)?
Up from Mediocrity
http://www.cato.org/research/education/articles/mediocrity.html
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It appears that the California State Department of Education allows
flagrant violations of the education code. Read about the Santa Rosa High
School "Week of Diversity."
Guess What's Going On In School
http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2001/may01/0
1-05-16.shtml
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More on the zero tolerance follies and another reason why the state should
never run the schools. Columnist Steve Chapman shows how the state uses
the control it has over its captive charges to inure them to tyranny under
the guise of protection.
The Dangers When Schools Try to Stamp Out Risk
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/
sc20010603.shtml
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EduAbsurdity: Teach those hardened criminal a lesson they'll never forget.
Is this what we want our schools to be doing?
From the article: "Corrections officer Allan E. Lucas Jr....said that
shortly before the [student] group from Evans came into the jail, he
overheard other officers saying they had been told to "straighten
up" the boys. He said it was unclear who had given them that
directive."
(Unclear to whom? --Ed.) (Copy and paste long url into your browser.)
D.C. Jail Warden Fired for Searches: 3 Officers Dismissed after Student
Tour
http://washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A94194-20
01May29?language=printer
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BONUS OFFER. Save $15.00! Buy John Taylor Gatto's magnum opus, "The
Underground History of American Education," plus Marshall Fritz's new
video, "Public Schools Are Destroying America and What You Can Do
about It." Regularly $45, get both for $30 plus $3.50 S&H. Call
(559) 292-1776 Monday-Friday, 9 to 5 Pacific time; ask for the School
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accepted. Snail mail OK, too. (See address at end.)
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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/sepschool/
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. See our ad
for the conference with details about topics. http://www.sepschool.org/SepCon/Ads/download.htm
And pencil SepCon2001 in your calendar now.
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SCORECARD
Total Proclaimers (as of June 6, 2001): 12,769
New Proclaimers year-to-date: 1,139
Top three states in Proclaimers per million population:
Minnesota, 177; New Hampshire, 146; Utah, 125.
See all states at
http://www.sepschool.org/cgi/ranking.cgi/PPM0
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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/eGroupsDiscussion.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
Review articles on what has been happening [with homeschoolers] and
naturally enough you will find critics. You will also find they are having
to eat their words as these disciplined, self-sacrificing parents do what
public schools could not do even if they shook off their bureaucratic
fetters and resistance to change: tailor lessons to individual talents and
enthusiasms, inculcate cherished values and strengthen family life.
Editorial from the Evanston (Illinois) Courier Press.
"Another Bee winner educated at home"
http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?/2001
06/05+edhome060501_news.html
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