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  • Parents Just Can’t Let Go

    Parents Just Can’t Let Go2

    Parents want to give their kids more independence but just can’t bring themselves to do it. That’s the conclusion of a study from the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital that came out this month. While parents believe it’s important for elementary school kids to do things “away from direct adult supervision,” the study

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  • Parents Hiring Consultants to Find the Best Public Schools

    Parents Hiring Consultants to Find the Best Public Schools0

    • December 8, 2015

    The public school system has become a minefield that’s increasingly difficult for parents and students to navigate. So difficult, in fact, that New York parents are hiring consultants to tell them which neighborhoods are the best to live in, and which waiting lists they should join in order to get their child into a high-performing

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  • Parents Have Been Demoted to Deputy School Teachers

    Parents Have Been Demoted to Deputy School Teachers0

    I was giving a talk at Florida Gulf Coast University the other night near Fort Myers when I noticed a flyer on the door of the lecture hall. The sign (I wish I had gotten a picture now) read: “PARENT FREE ZONE.” I chuckled at first, thinking it was more of a tongue-in-cheek joke to

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  • Parents Have a Right to Choose… the School to Which Their Child is Assigned

    Parents Have a Right to Choose… the School to Which Their Child is Assigned0

    • September 1, 2015

    Should parents have the right to choose which school their child attends? Conventional wisdom says “yes,” and the court system agrees… but surprisingly only to a certain extent. According to Jacob Gershman at The Wall Street Journal: “Courts have said parents can’t be denied the right to choose to enroll their children in private schools.

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  • Parents DO Have Every Right to Shape Their Kids’ Curriculum

    Parents DO Have Every Right to Shape Their Kids’ Curriculum0

    We shouldn’t be too surprised that the ongoing exodus from public schools is leading those loyal to government-run schooling to go on the offensive. A new Washington Post Op-Ed is leading the charge, boldly declaring in its headline: “Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’ school curriculum. They don’t.” The two authors, Jack

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  • Parents Can’t Depend on Schools to Teach Virtue

    Parents Can’t Depend on Schools to Teach Virtue0

    All parents wish the best for their kids. However, too many parents today think only of material well-being and future “success,” while forgetting moral education or pushing it off on the schools.  But according to Aristotle, if children aren’t taught to love the good and hate the bad from a young age, it will be

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