Posted on Jul 18, 2021
You Don’t Have to Send Your Kid Back to Public School This Fall—Here Are Your Options | Kerry...
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These school coronavirus policies, along with ongoing battles over K-12 curriculum, are leading more parents than ever to consider new learning models for their kids.
Fortunately, they have options.
In my new, free ebook, The 2021 Curious Parent’s Guide to Education Options, I discuss the education choices available to families. The past year has been eye-opening for many parents. Beginning in the spring of 2020, they saw over Zoom exactly what their children were—or were not— learning, and they felt empowered to investigate other education possibilities.
Frustrated by school reopening delays, teachers union antics, and various virus control measures, many parents decided to take back control of their children’s education from government bureaucrats. Homeschooling numbers soared and public school enrollment plummeted as parents traded education assignments for choices.
Parents recognized, perhaps for the first time, that they have so many options available to them in every other area of their lives and of their parenting; yet, when it comes to educating their kids, they are left with a one-size-fits-all government school assignment. This is no longer tolerable to families who desire much more choice and customization in their children’s learning.
Early signs indicate that many parents will again opt out of their local district school this year and pursue other educational options.
“There are many parents that I know that have made the decision to homeschool within the last year,” said Tiffany Pierce, a parent and educator in Queens, New York City. “During the remote and hybrid school year, parents have noticed how their vision of education did not align with that of the Department of Education, school, or teacher's vision. Parents were able to see from video learning how their child interacted with content, teacher, and peers,” she told me in a recent interview.
https://fee.org/resources/the-2021-curious-parent-s-guide-to-education-options/
These school coronavirus policies, along with ongoing battles over K-12 curriculum, are leading more parents than ever to consider new learning models for their kids.
Fortunately, they have options.
In my new, free ebook, The 2021 Curious Parent’s Guide to Education Options, I discuss the education choices available to families. The past year has been eye-opening for many parents. Beginning in the spring of 2020, they saw over Zoom exactly what their children were—or were not— learning, and they felt empowered to investigate other education possibilities.
Frustrated by school reopening delays, teachers union antics, and various virus control measures, many parents decided to take back control of their children’s education from government bureaucrats. Homeschooling numbers soared and public school enrollment plummeted as parents traded education assignments for choices.
Parents recognized, perhaps for the first time, that they have so many options available to them in every other area of their lives and of their parenting; yet, when it comes to educating their kids, they are left with a one-size-fits-all government school assignment. This is no longer tolerable to families who desire much more choice and customization in their children’s learning.
Early signs indicate that many parents will again opt out of their local district school this year and pursue other educational options.
“There are many parents that I know that have made the decision to homeschool within the last year,” said Tiffany Pierce, a parent and educator in Queens, New York City. “During the remote and hybrid school year, parents have noticed how their vision of education did not align with that of the Department of Education, school, or teacher's vision. Parents were able to see from video learning how their child interacted with content, teacher, and peers,” she told me in a recent interview.
https://fee.org/resources/the-2021-curious-parent-s-guide-to-education-options/
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Those that can afford in my area will be sending their children to private schools that teach a ridged course of studies, instead of what the teachers in public schools deem as gospel Lt Col Charlie Brown
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This is causing a resurgence of interest and enrollment in Catholic schools around here.
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Cpl Vic Burk
GySgt Thomas Vick - Only if they are qualified and have the backbone to make their children do the work in a home school environment Gunny. Almost every student I get that was home schooled up to eighth grade is years behind on their math skills. I would say the average grade level for my students entering ninth grade is between sixth and seventh grade.
I have had some excellent students who came from home schooling but they are by far the exception.
I have had some excellent students who came from home schooling but they are by far the exception.
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The fastest way to break the Teachers Union, and get your kids taught what they should be learning would be to take them out of public schools, no kids to teach, no federal funding, no work for Teachers, that aren't teaching the 3 R's, history, and subjects that will help them through life, please explain to me how CRT is going to help your child through life.
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Cpl Vic Burk
The problem here is accountability on the teachers part. In Tennessee we have state standardized testing to measure student and teacher growth of their students in math, biology, history and English. If a teacher's students fall behind too far or lose ground substantially the teachers license can be suspended or revoked. This is at the state level, not school or district where this occurs so the good ole boys club doesn't work.
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