Tag: problems with public schools

by Marshall Fritz Last updated April 12, 2007   As bedtime nears, mom says to three-year-old Johnny, “Red pajamas, or blue pajamas?” Giving Johnny a small choice usually deflects him from the larger question of whether or not to fight… Continue Reading…

By Marshall Fritz Last updated May 16, 2007 Originally published in The Education Liberator, Vol. 1, No. 1, September 1995  In America, local governments started absorbing independent schools in the 1830s. “State schooling” became dominant within three decades. Government-run schooling is… Continue Reading…

by Frederick C. Foote Last updated March 25, 2008 As the homeschoolers of five young children, my wife and I occasionally find ourselves in conversations where salt and light comes up. Homeschooling has some advantages over traditional school settings and… Continue Reading…