Tag: separation of school and state

by Marshall Fritz and Cathy Duffy March 2002 As Americans reduce government involvement in education, we can expect these changes:   1.        Parents will be reinforced. Parents will send their children to schools where they are supported by teachers, not… Continue Reading…

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…

by Tammy Drennan Last updated March 7, 2007 “The only way to end the political battles over schooling is to depoliticize the schools.  And the only way to do that is to separate school and state.” – Jeff Jacoby Responding… Continue Reading…

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…

by Douglas Dewey Last updated April 18, 2007 Editor’s Note: Douglas Dewey, President of The National Scholarship Center in Washington, DC, delivered these remarks as part of a voucher debate at SepCon’95. They have been edited slightly for length. Originally… Continue Reading…

By Douglas Dewey Last updated June 25, 2007   A forceful case for eliminating the role of government in education has been stated in the previous article. This essay will provide an introductory answer to the “how” question. Efforts to… Continue Reading…

by Chris Cardiff In various forms, the question “what do we do about the poor?” outstrips all others as the most frequently asked question about separating school and state. The implicit assumption, only natural after 60 years of the welfare… Continue Reading…

by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. Minaret Of Freedom Institute Excerpted from Dr. Ahmad’s talk to the 1996 Separation of School and State Convention. Originally published in The Education Liberator, Vol. 3, No. 5, June 1997   The essential teaching of Islam… Continue Reading…