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Let’s Expand 529 Plans to Help Homeschoolers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic 0
- Economics of Liberty, Education, Front Page
- March 25, 2020
Homeschooling—a few weeks ago the domain of about 3% of the school-aged population—made headlines this month as COVID-19 rapidly closed schools across 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Indeed, the coronavirus has meant that “We’re All Homeschoolers Now.” While millions of children—and their parents—are experiencing homeschooling for the first time this month, policymakers at the local,
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Coronavirus Effect: We Are All Homeschoolers Now 0
- Education, Front Page, Headline News, HEALTH, Opinions
- March 17, 2020
Monday afternoon, President Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force announced new guidelines in an attempt to minimize the coronavirus spread. Among other things, he stated, “My administration is recommending that all Americans, including the young and healthy, work to engage in schooling from home when possible…” Today, President @realDonaldTrump and the Coronavirus Task Force are
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Why We Need to Take Education Back to Past Practices 0
- Education, Free Style, Front Page, Opinions
- March 15, 2020
Sometimes the best way to go forward is to go backward. In 1899, the population of Boonville, North Carolina was under 200. It was a tiny crossroads town in the middle of farming country. It was also the home of the Yadkin Valley Institute and School of Business, which 20 years later would become a
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Coronavirus Reminds Us What Education Without Schooling Can Look Like 0
- Education, Free Style, Front Page, Opinions
- March 12, 2020
As the global coronavirus outbreak closes more schools for weeks, and sometimes months—some 300 million children are currently missing class—parents, educators, and policymakers are panicking. Mass compulsory schooling has become such a cornerstone of contemporary culture that we forget it’s a relatively recent social construct. Responding to the pandemic, the United Nations declared that “the
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Is Bernie Right about Education in Cuba?0
- 2020 Presidential Race, Education, Free Style, Front Page, Opinions, WORLD
- March 2, 2020
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders spent a large part of the last week defending earlier statements he made regarding Fidel Castro and Cuba. While denouncing the dictatorship of Castro, he praised the social programs that were implemented under his rule, notably with regards to literacy. He pointed out that there was a rapid increase in literacy rates in
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Three Questions Bernie Sanders Can’t Answer 0
- 2020 Presidential Race, Economics of Liberty, Education, Front Page, Opinions
- February 28, 2020
Senator Bernie Sanders is inching closer to securing the Democratic nomination for president, which seemed implausible only five months ago. Still, he has met or exceeded expectations in the first three nominating contests and continues to poll well in South Carolina and key Super Tuesday states. Given his rise to frontrunner status, now is a
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