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Interview with Marshall Fritz 

The Alliance Story::An Interview With Marshall Fritz by Tammy Drennan Founded in 1994, the Alliance for the Separation of School & State is an organization devoted to educating people about why schooling should be as protected from state interference as… Continue Reading…

NEA Lawyer: It’s Not About Kids

by Tammy Drennan Updated August 10, 2009 Bob Chanin, a lawyer for the National Education Association, made it clear in a speech recently that the NEA is not about children but about the power to secure good pay and benefits… Continue Reading…

I Like This Feeling

by Tammy Drennan Originally published in Alliance e-Notes, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 25, 2007 For twenty years I’ve been fielding calls from desperate parents of public schooled children. Back in the early days, the complaints were bad enough — children… Continue Reading…

School Wars: Who Will Win?

By Tammy Drennan Last updated March 26, 2010    Note: If you’re a combatant, please give some thought to the following. If you know a combatant, please share this with him or her. You probably know there’s a war going… Continue Reading…

Education: Let’s Do Something Different

by Tammy Drennan Last updated April 9, 2007 Vouchers that would pay for parents to send their children to public or private schools are the latest in a long line of reform movements, all of which involve entitlement programs, and… Continue Reading…

Dana Gioia Means Well, But…

by Tammy Drennan Last updated October 1, 2007 Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, gave the commencement speech this year at Stanford University (reprinted in short in the 7/19/07 Wall Street Journal) – in which he… Continue Reading…

A Parent’s Pledge

by Tammy Drennan Last updated April 9, 2007   We, your parents, pledge to you, our precious child and gift from God, the following: Physical Needs So you’ll never feel want or neglect, we’ll provide you with good food, a… Continue Reading…