education freedom

  1. Y

    Please give examples why be a libertarian in an unfree world?

    Video project Libertarian Minute is preparing its 4th episode on topic "practical benefits of being a libertarian in an unfree world." We need some of the best examples of how has libertarianism benefited you or helped you avoid/lessen the damaging impact of the State on your life. Ideas...
  2. M

    For parents who are or are planning to educate their children independently...

    Here's an answer to the countless books telling children they will go to school and learn to love it. It's called "I am Free to Learn."
  3. Keith and stuff

    NH Gov. signs bill requiring that parents must opt-in for student surveys in school

    Governor Sununu signed SB 43. The bill provides that no student shall be required to volunteer or submit to a non-academic survey or questionnaire without written consent of a parent or legal guardian. Opt-in vs. out-out is a good deal in respecting the right of a parent to control a child's...
  4. J

    Solstice Episode of Flat Earth and Other Hot Potatoes

    It's a very festive episode, with many nice gift ideas for your flat earth friends and families. Patricia's show this past year has been a great experiment in live social media interactions. I never joined in the FEOHP show as I did multiple times in the LiberTea show, although today I have...
  5. William Tell

    What's Wrong With The Tebow Bill? An Open Letter to Texas Homeschoolers

    http://www.northsidefalcons.com/tebow-bill.htm
  6. Lucille

    Watch as Florida Parents are Treated Like Children for Questioning School Curriculum

    The system is the problem. New books won't solve anything. "Every politically controlled educational system will inculcate the doctrine of state supremacy sooner or later. . . . Once that doctrine has been accepted, it becomes an almost superhuman task to break the stranglehold of the...
  7. heavenlyboy34

    Pearson publishing: Cronyism in US Schooling

    Very long, but interesting, IMO. One of the answers to "who benefits from institutionalized mediocrity in American schooling?". http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/pearson-education-115026.html
  8. Lucille

    College Students Are Infants and Deserve Zero Free Speech or Sex Rights, Says Slate

    But they are mature enough to handle debt slavery. http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/13/college-students-are-infants-and-deserve
  9. rg17

    "Homeschooled" Children confined in apt in New York for their entire childhood

    http://www.city-data.com/forum/education/2283626-homeschooled-children-who-were-confined-their.html What do you think of this. I believe that the media is changing the story to make homeschooled kids as abused and make homeschoolling more regulated or banned by the government. :(
  10. Natural Citizen

    New Illinois cyber bully law lets teachers access students' social media

    Continued - New Illinois cyber bully law lets teachers access students' social media
  11. Cissy

    Sixth Graders' Common Core Homework: Remove Two Rights from Bill of Rights

    http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/barbara-boland/sixth-graders-common-core-homework-remove-two-rights-bill-rights An Arkansas mom was disturbed to learn her sixth grade daughter's homework was to "prioritize, revise, prune two and add two" amendments in the Bill of Rights. The homework, part of...
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