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
The creator of the homeschool documentary Class Dismissed is working on a follow-up, Self-Taught. Self-Taught will follow self-directed learners, exploring their daily lives to understand how they make a living and how they define success. The central question the film seeks to answer is, “How do kids who are non-traditionally schooled turn out as adults?” Click here to learn more.
Stories included in this issue are from School Reform News, School Choice Weekly, Freedom Pub, and several other sources.
Homeschool News
- Super dumb letter sent to homeschool parents in Little Rock.
- Yes, Virginia, you can homeschool without a doctor’s note.
- Senate swayed right by 720 homeschooled teens.
Common Core News
- Betsy DeVos calls for an end to Common Core.
- Leading Catholic scholar: Trump should focus on getting rid of Common Core.
- Common Core is ‘substandard,’ incompatible with Catholic education.
- Dismal international test scores from U.S. kids “confirm a downward trend that appears to track the rocky implementation of the Common Core State Standards,” writes The Weekly Standard.
Curriculum News
- Parents’ homeschooling their children probed for ‘educational neglect’.
- Report card from parents nets auto insurance discount.
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