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How home schooling threatens monopoly education
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, USA Today In an era when everything is customizable, why not customize your child’s education? “What about home schooling? You know, it’s not just for scary religious people any more.” That’s a line from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and it should strike fear into the hearts, not of vampires, but of public-school administrators [...]
How Private Schools Serve the Poor Better Than Government Schools – Pauline Dixon (TEDx Glassgow)
By Pauline Dixon Seminal research in the slums and shanty towns of Asia and Africa shows not only the numbers of low-cost private schools around the world but why, how and by whom they are run and patronised. Dr. Pauline Dixon looks at parental choice, the comparison between government and low-cost private schools as well [...]
Birth ‘Black Market’ Crackdown Punishment
This is what happens when governments try to control birth rates: By Sonya Bryskine Epoch Times Staff Hong Kong has been a popular birth centre for thousands of mainland women, but loopholes are closing in cross-border deliveries after a so-called birth agent was jailed this month. A 29-year-old woman, who has allegedly admitted to assisting Chinese [...]
Health plans ordered to cover birth control without co-pays
By Julian Pecquet - 01/20/12 12:51 PM ET Most healthcare plans will be required to cover birth control without charging co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, the Obama administration announced Friday. The final regulation retains the approach federal health officials proposed last summer, despite the deluge of complaints from religious groups and congressional Republicans that has [...]
How to Unschool
by Pam Sorooshian 1. Give your love generously and criticism sparingly. Be your children’s partner. Support them and respect them. Never belittle them or their interests, no matter how superficial, unimportant, or even misguided their interests may seem to you. Be a guide, not a dictator. Shine a light ahead for them, and lend them a hand, [...]
