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Parents Demand Dumbed-Down Tests --- An Unintended Bad Consequence Of The No Child Left Behind Act |
| The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is making the problem of cheating, low academic standards, and public schools lying to parents, even worse. Under this Act, the Department of Education now requ. . .
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America's Public School System --- Brutal And Spartan |
| The public school system in America has become a dismal failure. But education in many other times and cultures has been quite successful. The ancient Greeks, whose civilization was at its height a. . .
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Homeschooling Takes Your Child Out Of Public School --- A Unique Benefit |
| Home-schooling removes children from public school. That alone makes home-schooling worthwhile. Unlike public-school children, home-schooled kids are not prisoners of a system that can wreck their . . .
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Drugs And Violence In Public Schools |
| Many public schools not only fail to educate our children, they can also be dangerous places. These schools are a natural breeding ground for drugs and violence. Children are packed into classrooms. . .
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Ben Franklin And Thomas Jefferson Never Went To Public School |
| Most of our Founding Fathers, including Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, like most average colonial Americans, spent few years, if any, in formal gra. . .
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Homeschooling --- A Superior Education For Your Child |
| Home-schooling provides children with a superior education. Parents can quickly teach most kids the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic using excellent, creative, learn-to-read, or learn-mat. . .
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Children At Risk --- 15 Ways Public Schools Can Harm Your Children |
| Unfortunately, public schools, even in the "best" neighborhoods, can harm our kids in many ways. Here's a list of 15 ways public schools can hurt children (and parents):1. Public schools cripple mi. . .
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Grandparents --- Homeschool Your Grandchildren And Feel Younger |
| Grandparents, what better way to stay close to your grown children than to advise them about important issues like the dangers of public schools for your grandchildren? What better way to feel youn. . .
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Public Schools --- Why On Earth Do We Need Them? |
| From the time the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 until the 1850s, most parents taught their children to read at home or sent their children to small private or religious grammar schools.. . .
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Invented Spelling --- Another Alice-in-Wonderland Public-School Theory |
| As part of the whole-language (or "balanced") reading-instruction philosophy, many public schools now teach what they call “invented” or “creative” spelling. Under this theory of spelling, teachers. . .
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