by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice, Uncategorized
Rodger WilliamsMay 8, 2023 Milton Friedman’s vision of applying free market principles to schools is the basis of today’s School Choice movement. Unfortunately, his analysis of funding parent education choices with government money is not consistent with...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Rodger WilliamsFebruary 24, 2023 In 2021, West Virginia passed a School Choice law that gave state education money to parents to spend on behalf of their children. It included homeschooled students. West Virginia homeschoolers worked hard to ensure the law had...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Rodger WilliamsFebruary 3, 2023 W. Michael Clark has written an article titled Why Homeschool Families Should Support (or at Least Not Oppose) ESAs. It appears to present a strong case that Education Savings Account laws are safe for homeschoolers. But two logical...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Government funding for private education invites regulation. The state will determine what is taught, no matter what form of instruction is used. Take the money vs. Don’t take the money has replaced Private School vs. Homeschool as the most important factor in...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Issues, School Choice
Rodger WilliamsNovember 21, 2022 Has School Choice hurt any homeschoolers to date? The short answer is “No.” A more perceptive answer is “No, because homeschoolers have erected barriers against harm from existing School Choice programs.” It is...
