Tennessee Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger has introduced private bill H.R. After more than a decade of making the United States their home, the Romeike’s were abruptly informed they had four weeks to return to Germany. The Romeike family fled Germany for the United States in 2008 seeking asylum so that they could homeschool their children without fear of persecution. Posted in Education, Local, National, News, School Choice, State She and her husband homeschool their seven children on their small acreage, where they are enjoying their new adventures in homesteading. She co-leads and teaches through an organization committed to raising citizenship IQ on U.S. Lauren Gideon is the Manager of Grassroots Advocacy for Classical Conversations. To read the Declaration of Educational Freedom, click here. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.” Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. –That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. “…all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. To whom do children belong? To whom does education belong? How do we protect these boundaries of ownership (private property) and responsibilities? Because, after all, we believe that: With this Declaration of Educational Independence, we can bring the conversation back to its premises. Without that clear vision, we can lose our bearings in these national and global conversations. In this spirit, Leigh Bortins and a room full of passionate education enthusiasts did the philosophical work of drawing up a positive vision of what our target ought to be. In a single word, we choose independence. The time has come to clearly define what we are FOR instead of listing off the ideas we oppose. “I don’t like ESAs, or vouchers, or EFAs.” And those caught in the middle who genuinely want to be part of the solution are throwing up their hands and asking, “Well, what DO you like?” Consequently, if you have concerns about this type of wealth redistribution (or market capture), the conversation can sound like the complaints of a picky child. ESAs, EFAs, and vouchers are among the most popular. The only conversation that seems to be tolerated on the policy debate stage at this moment is, “Which flavor of education welfare do you prefer?”Īt this moment, different states have chosen a variety of flavors. What is “school choice”? While it goes by many names, the concept is all the same: it is taxpayer-funded education-or, in its simplest, most direct terminology, education welfare. The topic de jour in the sphere of education is school choice. Even if you’re the tough parent who doesn’t accommodate the picky eater, eventually, we’re all tempted to throw up our hands and shout, “So what DO you like?!?!?” They don’t like salad, or vegetables, or rice, or meat. They don’t like tacos, or burgers, or casseroles, or pasta. If you have ever cooked for children, especially multiple children, there is a chance you have experienced the picky eater.
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