How Can A Citizen Change Education?

June 15, 2012 in Education Policy, Uncategorized

By Kristi Lacroix  I was talking with a friend last night about education and he said that many people want to know how they can get involved in education to help affect positive change. Strangely, I was at a loss for words; as a teacher I had never been asked how the community can get involved with schools to help them perform better, nor has anyone ever asked me how they can help me better teach my students to prepare them for the future. Needless to say, I was intrigued and decided to conduct a bit of an unofficial survey of those in education to see what they think. Here are the 5 most popular suggestions they came up with: ENGAGE YOUR SCHOOL BOARDS It seems to those in education that the school board is the “front line” in education as far as deciding the direction of a district. School [...]

HOMESCHOOLING: An Alternative to the Progressive Indoctrination Machine

March 24, 2012 in Caitlin Nicholas, Contributors, Education Policy, Restoring Family

By: Caitlin Nicholas   “You can’t make socialists out of individualists. Children who know how to think for themselves  spoil the harmony of the collective society which is coming, where everyone is interdependent.” – John Dewey, 19th Century Philosopher, Education Reformer “The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of Government in the next.” – Abraham Lincoln, Self-Educated, Lawyer, U.S. President   In the past couple of years, our public school system has become more and more inefficient. Schools also continue to cross the line, when it comes to what is being taught— or what is no longer taught— to our youth. Sex education is one of the most controversial –subjects taught to middle and high school students. Schools are no longer -emphasizing abstinence in health class. Schools are -educating students about birth control, safe sex, abortion, –including the best methods to use in order to prevent pregnancy. [...]