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Items in this update:
o Ohio school voucher case could resolve legal issue
o Ethnic chasm remains in mathematics
o The over-testing of America
o California Homeschool Network: Local Contacts
o Educational equality by any means necessary
o How British exams are fixed in favour of girls
o The education tax racket
o 10 benefits of school liberation
o Public schools and success
o Arizona tax credit provides new hope for parents
o Egalitarian U.
o Staying on the same page
o California Homeschool Network
Dear Fellow School Reformers:
Keep your eye on the calendar. Sometime in September, the Supreme Court is
expected to give its thumbs-up or down on whether it will hear a case
involving Cleveland's small but groundbreaking school voucher program. The
court has the opportunity to let such voucher programs move forward -- or
else uphold a lower-court ruling that letting families use their vouchers
for schools affiliated with religious groups violates the barrier between
church and state.
Since a large proportion of independent schools are religious, a negative
ruling could effectively block voucher programs.
Inner-city parents from Cleveland whose children are enrolled in that
city's six-year-old voucher program have been happy with the results and
want to see the program continue. They're represented by the Institute for
Justice, a libertarian group partnered with Free-Market.Net, sister-site
to SchoolReformers.Com.
While not all advocates of educational choice are fans of vouchers, this
is
still shaping up as a milestone case in the battle for alternatives to
institutionalized government schooling.
==> News Reports <==
Ohio school voucher case could resolve legal issue
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The Supreme Court could say by late September whether it will hear a
dispute over a groundbreaking Cleveland
school voucher program. The case could finally settle the dispute over
whether spending taxpayers' money on religious schools is constitutional.
(08/29/01)
http://www.charlotte.com/observer/natwo
r/docs/scotus0829.htm
Ethnic chasm remains in mathematics
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The NAEP presents an open challenge to Texas: the state must find new ways
to improve the teaching, and learning, of mathematics for everyone, but
especially
Hispanic and African American students. (08/17/01)
http://www.tppf.org/pau/2001/pau0817
2001.html
The over-testing of America
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In an effort to extract something resembling a decent education from
government schools, regulators are piling
on centrally mandated rules and imposing standardized tests. Gary Stager,
a professor of education, suggests
that these "solutions" are backwards. (08/27/01)
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,13
83,45902,00.html
For more News Reports see:
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urces/bycategory/news/
==> Online Resource Directories <==
California Homeschool Network: Local Contacts
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Listing of homeschooling families who serve as ambassadors for California
Homeschool Network; provides names,
addresses and phone numbers.
http://www.californiahomeschool.net/lo
calcontacts.asp
For more Online Resource Directories see:
http://www.SchoolReformers.com/reso
urces/bycategory/homepages/
==> Events <==
Educational equality by any means necessary
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October 25, 2001
Cascade Policy Insititute will host Newark city councilman, Cory Booker,
for a discussion on what Booker views as
the most important civil right for all: equal access to high quality
education. Call 503-242-0900 for details/reservations.
http://www.cascadepolicy.org/pdf/event
s/booker.pdf
For more Events see:
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urces/bycategory/events/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
How British exams are fixed in favour of girls
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by Dr. Madsen Pirie
The superior performance of girls in Britain's just-published exam results
raises once again the issue of whether the tests, with their stress on
coursework
rather than exams, over-reward conformity at the expense of inspiration.
Is that what we (the Brits) want in our
young people? (2000)
http://www.adamsmith.org.uk/cissues/h
ow-exams-are-fixed.htm
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
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urces/bycategory/in-depth/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
The education tax racket
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by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Why do educrats hate homeschooling? Because people might decide that they
need not support a system they don't
use. (08/24/01)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/ta
xracket.html
10 benefits of school liberation
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by Marshall Fritz and Cathy Duffy
Predictions of what could be expected in America's schooling system when
government involvement with education is ended. (08/27/01)
http://www.sepschool.org/essays/fritz/t
en_benefits.html
Public schools and success
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by Matthew J. Brouillette and Mary F. Gifford
Mackinac
Center education experts respond to The Detroit News's question, "Do
Michigan public schools succeed?"
(08/27/01)
http://www.cascadepolicy.org/pdf/even
ts/booker.pdf
Arizona tax credit provides new hope for parents
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by Carrie Lips
"School choice supporters should renew their efforts to put choice
back in the forefront of the education debate by
highlighting the success of Arizona's education tax credit."
(08/27/01)
http://www.cato.org/dailys/08-27-01.html
Egalitarian U.
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by John Galvin
A father drops by the University of Cincinnati to see where his son will
spend the next few years. "The barbarians
are no longer at the gates. They have breached the walls, captured the
town and are running the show." (08/23/01)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/galvin
2.html
Staying on the same page
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by William J. Bennett
George W. Bush should continue to make education his number one priority,
argues EA co-director William J. Bennett,
and he should make Rod Paige his No. 1 advisor on the issue. (08/15/01)
http://www.empoweramerica.org/ea/serv
let/dispatcher/Articlewebcmd?ACTION
=get
ArticleContent&articleId=400
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
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urces/bycategory/commentary/
==> Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs <==
California Homeschool Network
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An "inclusive, statewide" homeschooling organization serving
families of every homeschooling style and philosophy. Fosters community
among homeschoolers, monitors and responds to legislation.
http://www.californiahomeschool.net/
For more Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs see:
http://www.SchoolReformers.com/resou
rces/bycategory/organizations/
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