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Education
Homeschooling Benefits Strike Positive Note During Coronavirus Shutdown
by Nancy Thorner April 20, 2020Often parents have no idea how public schools are failing their children. Coronavirus is making parents examine the benefits of homeschooling.
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Whether it’s a pandemic, a damn panic, or all the above, the coronavirus has turned us into a nation of homeschoolers.
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Education
Homeschool Monthly #15: Homeschooling Continues to Grow in Popularity
by Lennie Jarratt August 30, 2017Education Next added homeschooling to this year’s poll on school reform. Forty-five percent of respondents supported homeschooling, while 34 percent opposed. To further break down these numbers, 26 percent strongly…
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The Heartland Institute recently hosted an event on the Parental Rights Amendment (PRA). Heidi Holan, Illinois state coordinator for ParentalRights.org, described court decisions that make necessary a constitutional amendment protecting…
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As we approach one year of Homeschool Monthly, I would like to hear your ideas on topics you would like to see covered. Here are a few questions to jump…
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Education
Homeschool Monthly #10: Five-year-old Homeschool Student Wins Regional Spelling Bee
by Lennie Jarratt March 29, 2017Five-year-old homeschool student Edith Fuller became the youngest winner of a regional spelling bee, spelling 37 words correctly, including the final word, “Jnana.” Fifty elementary and middle school contestants competed…
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Education
Homeschool Monthly #6: Number of Homeschoolers Doubled
by Lennie Jarratt November 30, 2016A 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…
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Education
Homeschool Monthly #5: Homeschool Students Excel in Sports
by Lennie Jarratt October 26, 2016Students’ desire to participate in sports is often cited by parents as a reason for not homeschooling. Two recent stories provide evidence homeschool students can not only participate in sports but excel. In the Spartanburg County…
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Education
Homeschool Monthly #3: Private Colleges May Not Survive Clinton’s Free-Tuition Plan
by Lennie Jarratt August 31, 2016Heartland Institute Executive Editor Justin Haskins writes in his New York Post op-ed: “Hillary Clinton’s college-tuition plan is perfectly in line with her general economic outlook. That means it would…
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EducationFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast: Lennie Jarratt – Homeschooler Gymnast Simone Biles
by Teresa Mull August 23, 2016On this edition of the Heartland Institute’s education podcast, your host, education research fellow and managing editor of School Reform News, Teresa Mull, spoke to Heartland’s own Lennie Jarratt, project manager for education transformation.
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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Homeschool Monthly. I want to thank you for keeping up-to-date on developments that could affect your efforts and right to homeschool. I enjoyed meeting each of you at recent homeschool conventions and learning why you choose to homeschool your children.
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Education
Research Shows School Choice Benefits More Than Just Conservatives
by Teresa Mull June 16, 2016Two recently released studies, both analyzing research from impartial sources, have come to the same conclusion education reformers have been pronouncing for years: School choice benefits not only children but society as a whole. It’s not surprising the Friedman Foundation for Education Choice (FFEC)—an organization whose mission it is to promote “school choice as the most effective and equitable way to improve the quality of K–12 education in America”—would release a study showing school choice is beneficial, but the data used by FFEC in its fourth edition of A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on School Choice come from a variety sources, including many that are not tied to or in favor of the school choice movement.
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EducationFeatured
Thorner: Stossel Tells Students to “Leave People Alone” for American Prosperity
by Nancy Thorner June 9, 2016The Northwestern University College Republicans and the Young America’s Foundation co-sponsored an event featuring author John Stossel on Tuesday, May 24, at 8:00 p.m. at the Leverone Auditorium in Evanston, IL. The topic of Stossel’s speech, “Freedom and Its Enemies.” In keeping with Stossel’s professed political affiliation, a sizable number of Libertarian college students were in attendance at the free event.