Educational Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) are the hottest form of “school choice” nationwide. While they can go by different names, they operate with the same premise – government funding dispersed to parents to spend on educational expenses. As homeschooling families are increasingly enticed by access to “free money,” there are important considerations to acknowledge. Often, we…
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2023 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
In the wee hours of Friday April 29th, the 123rd Indiana General Assembly came to a close. Many bills now await Governor Holcomb’s signature, signing the bill into law, or veto. The Governor has 7 days to complete this process. If he does not move on the bill, on day 8, it automatically becomes a…
Milton Friedman and Conservatives: Wrong on Education
The original post by Jacob G. Hornberger may be found on The Future of Freedom Foundation blog. Republished with permission. Once upon a time, some conservatives used to call for the abolition of the U.S. Department of Education. Lamentably, conservatives today celebrate when a “free-market advocate” like multimillionaire Betsy DeVos is appointed U.S. Secretary of Education,…
As We Were Saying
Recently, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Jennifer McCormick, was on a panel at the annual meeting of the Coalition for Public Education with former Superintendents, Glenda Ritz and Suellen Reed. Dr. McCormick called for increased accountability measures for charter and private schools that accept taxpayer funded vouchers. Her hope is that all schools that…
And Then They Came for the Homeschoolers
It has come to our attention that some believe HB 1591 does not affect homeschoolers. They said they have read the bill, but do not understand why IAHE Action has concerns because they do not see homeschoolers mentioned. We can understand their confusion. At first glance, it does not appear to include homeschoolers. Fortunately, we…
Concerns about HB 1591 Education Options Account (EOA)
“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” ~ Milton Friedman Sign our petition! If you did not receive this blog post in your inbox, sign up here. A legislator wants the State of Indiana to “help” people homeschool. It sounds so nice on the surface. What possibly…
Parental Observations Regarding Their Voucher-accepting School
IAHE Action has heard from parents with children in Indiana voucher-accepting schools that they have seen negative consequences of vouchers. We asked these parents to share their observations as a warning to others in regards to the negative effect of government funding of education whether it’s a voucher or an education scholarship/options account. The Indiana…
Testing, Assessments, Standards, Teaching Machines… The Science of Creating Obedient Citizens. Behavioral Science. Part 3
The latest installment of a multi-part series. Read Part 2 here. 9. Mass Men, mass production, minimum Standards and human capital. If you’ve ever made homemade bread, you realize it takes time and loving attention. One searches out the best ingredients, reads all the labels, and hones appropriate proportions and rise times that depend on…
Testing, Assessments, Standards, Teaching Machines… The Science of Creating Obedient Citizens. Behavioral Science. Part 2
This is a continuation of our multi-part series. Read Part 1 here. 4. Conditioned to Compromise, Conform, Lie and Cheat to get the Grade, “Success”, The Positive Reinforcement Reward. Students want so much to make the grade, get the score, have ‘success’, please the test givers, their parents, peers, audience and get the conditioned reward,…
Concerning Education Savings Accounts
Over the past five years there has been a shift towards Republican control of state governments. Today, there are 31 Republican governors and 22 states where Republicans also hold both houses of the legislature (Nebraska has a unicameral legislature). Indiana is a state which not only has a Republican governor and state legislature but also…