Lennie Jarratt
Director of the Center for Education Opportunities at The Heartland Institute
Jarratt is the former managing editor of Champion News, an Illinois based news website focused on reporting on Education and Illinois Politics, and former managing editor of Education Matters. Jarratt has presented analysis on Common Core, School Choice analysis on Fox News, Breitbart, ABC Chicago and multiple radio outlets and newspapers across Illinois.
Latest posts by Lennie Jarratt (see all)
- Child Safety Accounts: A State by State Analysis - January 30, 2020
- Democrat Governor Wants To Strip School Choice Lifeline From Tens Of Thousands Of Needy Kids - June 13, 2019
- Improving Student Safety 20 Years After Columbine - May 8, 2019
A report from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) shows the number of students who are homeschooled more than doubled between 1999 and 2012 to more than 1.8 million students. The data show homeschooling is steadily growing across all grades, ethnicities, and belief systems. According to the National Home Education Research Institute, the main reasons for homeschooling are:
- individualizing the education and instruction methods,
- more challenging academic standards,
- family relationship preferences,
- cross-generation social interaction,
- safety concerns, and
- teaching a specific worldview.
Stories included in this issue are from School Reform News, School Choice Weekly, Freedom Pub, and several other sources.
IN THIS ISSUE:
- U.S. Education Secretary faces backlash for criticizing homeschooling.
- Virginia homeschool co-op is flourishing.
- The government should play no role in educating our children.
- Will Trump close the Department of Education?
- District urges parents to teach Common Core.
- College Board chief promises changes to Common Core-aligned SAT.
- Common Core’s benefits to students remain elusive, study finds.
- New York tweaks Common Core State Standards.
- Shane Vander Hart writes he is “cautiously optimistic” a repeal of Common Core can happen after many anti-Common Core candidates won on Election Day.
- Professor Watchlist: Are these radicals teaching your kids?
- District harasses homeschool families’ over minor subjects.
- Getting schooled on homeschooling.
- Forget big data — little data is making learning personal, mimicking homeschooling.
- In The Tank (ep63) — How will a Trump presidency affect energy, health care, and education policy?
- Pro football and parental rights: an interview with NFL MVP Shaun Alexander.
