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School Choice: Tipping Point
Rodger Williams September 5, 2023 We are seeing a new phenomenon in private schools. Some schools are raising tuition in response to government School Choice money flowing into the marketplace: In Iowa, Holy Family Catholic Schools announced that they would be raising...
Yes, The Nazis Did Outlaw Homeschooling In Germany
Compiled by Rodger Williams August 17, 2023 General compulsory schooling shall exist in the German Reich. It ensures the education and instruction of German youth in the spirit of National Socialism. All children and youths of German nationality who have their...
School Choice: Who Benefits?
Rodger Williams Updated August 14, 2023 School Choice means giving government money to pay for the education of students outside of the public schools. But who are the primary beneficiaries of government funding of private education? Public school families who want to...
School Choice: A Failing Strategy
Rodger WilliamsMay 23, 2023School Choice is a strategy which gives government money to parents to spend on their children's education. The goals of the strategy are to allow ordinary people to choose the type of education that is best for their children, and stop the...
Milton Friedman’s Unfortunate Assumption About School Choice
Rodger WilliamsMay 8, 2023 Milton Friedman's vision of applying free market principles to schools is the basis of today's School Choice movement. Unfortunately, his analysis of funding parent education choices with government money is not consistent with today's...
Two School Choice Advocacy Logical Fallacies
Rodger WilliamsFebruary 3, 2023 W. Michael Clark has written an article titled Why Homeschool Families Should Support (or at Least Not Oppose) ESAs. It appears to present a strong case that Education Savings Account laws are safe for homeschoolers. But two logical...
Has School Choice hurt any homeschoolers to date?
Rodger WilliamsNovember 21, 2022 Has School Choice hurt any homeschoolers to date? The short answer is "No." A more perceptive answer is "No, because homeschoolers have erected barriers against harm from existing School Choice programs." It is not an accident that...
Two Counterarguments Against Homeschooler Concerns About School Choice
Rodger WilliamsSeptember 13, 2022 Greg Forster wrote an interesting article about the concerns homeschoolers have with School Choice. I appreciate the author of this article. He takes head-on the idea that School Choice endangers homeschoolers -- a rare occurrence...
Child Abuse Reports And Prediction Of Future Abuse
Rodger WilliamsMay 21, 2021 Child abuse reports are commonly used to predict whether or not a particular child will become the victim of child abuse or neglect. Several years ago there was a bill in the Oregon Legislature that every parent who had a child abuse report...