OUR COUNTRY-OUR CHILDREN-OUR CHOICE- SCHOOL INFORMATION - THE GREAT AWAKENING2024-03-29T11:03:27Zhttp://thegreatawakening.ning.com/forum/topics/our-countryour-childrenour?feed=yes&xn_auth=noHero Mom Confronts School Boa…tag:thegreatawakening.ning.com,2023-09-29:5235400:Comment:1513292023-09-29T00:42:26.201Zcarol ann parisihttp://thegreatawakening.ning.com/profile/carolannparis
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<p><font color="#000000" face="georgia, times, times new roman, serif">The Elgin Township Republican Central Committee endorses the following candidates for these offices:</font><br/><br/><span>Enoch Essendrop-Gail Borden Library Trustee</span><br/><span>Heather Manzella- School District U46 board </span><br/><span>Maureen Morris- School District U46 board</span><br/><span>Lucio Estrada- Elgin Community College Trustee</span><br/><br/><br/><span>The Elgin Township Republican Central Committee recommends the following candidates:</span><br/><br/><span>Dave Kaptain- Mayor of the City of Elgin</span><br/><span>Rose Martinez- Elgin City Council</span><br/><span>Karin Jones- Elgin City Council</span><br/><span>Morgan Pappas- CUSD 301 School Board</span><br/><span>Fred Vogt- CUSD 301 School Board</span></p> tag:thegreatawakening.ning.com,2023-02-23:5235400:Comment:1426172023-02-23T23:31:45.450Zcarol ann parisihttp://thegreatawakening.ning.com/profile/carolannparis
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<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Recently, American Classical Academy – a K-12 charter school network that promises students a traditional liberal arts education – saw its applications for three new Tennessee charter schools<span> </span><a href="https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylimits/three-hillsdale-college-affiliated-charter-schools-argued-their-cases-to-the-state-last-week/article_89cf3658-3913-11ed-9c3f-ef618e7423da.html" class="gnt_ar_b_a">rejected by local school boards</a>. ACA appealed these decisions to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission, but eventually<span> </span><a href="https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/american-classical-education-withdraws-charter-school-applications/article_fb6224a0-403a-11ed-945c-e3755ea4d2cb.html" class="gnt_ar_b_a">withdrew its applications</a><span> </span>when defeat became obvious.</p>
<p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a href="https://www.aroundosceola.com/news/school-charter-revoked-acca-has-90-days-fix-issues" class="gnt_ar_b_a">ACA has struggled</a><span> </span>to create stable school leadership and balanced budgets in the past. Resistance to the charter network might also have been influenced by state politics. ACA was founded by Hillsdale College, whose president, Larry Arnn, was caught on video making<span> </span><a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2022/07/05/hillsdale-colleges-head-mocked-teachers-bill-lee-should-defend-them/7814482001/" class="gnt_ar_b_a">inflammatory comments about education schools</a><span> </span>earlier this year.</p>
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<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In the end, ACA didn’t make the cut, but that failure shouldn’t taint all charter schools. That’s because charters still hold enormous benefits for students.</p>
<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">On average, charter schools – public schools of choice that are operated as independent organizations –<span> </span><a href="https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/for-profit-charter-schools-evaluation-spending-outcomes#comparing-the-results-of-for-profit-and-nonprofit-charter-schools" class="gnt_ar_b_a">drive student learning</a>. Evidence from the Volunteer State supports this. Studies conducted by Stanford University in<span> </span><a href="https://urbancharters.stanford.edu/download/Urban%20Charter%20School%20Study%20Report%20on%2041%20Regions.pdf" class="gnt_ar_b_a">2015</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="https://credo.stanford.edu/reports/item/memphis-tn/" class="gnt_ar_b_a">2019</a><span> </span>found that charter school students in Nashville and Memphis gained more days of reading and math instruction than students who attended traditional public schools in the same districts.</p>
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<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">But<span> </span><a href="https://credo.stanford.edu/reports/item/memphis-tn-2022/" class="gnt_ar_b_a">a more recent study</a><span> </span>reveals something interesting: The gap between students in Memphis charter schools and those in traditional public schools has narrowed considerably. This could be evidence that the presence of charters motivated the district to improve.</p>
<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">If so, it aligns with at least a dozen academic studies that show<span> </span><a href="https://conference.iza.org/conference_files/edu_2021/karbownik_k7512.pdf" class="gnt_ar_b_a">competition from charter</a><span> </span>schools has positive effects on the academic achievement of students who remain in traditional public schools. In fact, our organization – the Thomas B. Fordham Institute – found these competitive effects are so profound that they benefit entire metropolitan areas, especially for low-income, Black and Hispanic students. Perhaps that’s why another Fordham report found that the Memphis metro area ranked second in the nation in helping students make academic progress.</p>
<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Despite these demonstrated benefits, charter schools face stiff opposition from entrenched bureaucracies. The Nashville school district in particular<span> </span><a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2022/04/25/nashville-new-charter-schools-being-considered-by-school-board/7385273001/" class="gnt_ar_b_a">has a history of rejecting charters</a>, even those with proven track records, such as KIPP. Thankfully, the Charter School Commission recently overturned one of these rejections by an 8-0 vote.</p>
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<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Expect even more pushback from the education establishment when Tennessee’s new school funding model goes into effect. In the new system, state funding will follow individual students to their schools of choice rather than automatically flowing into the coffers of their residentially-zoned districts. If students in failing schools begin fleeing for charter schools, the pressure will be on school districts to improve their lowest-performing schools or risk taking a financial hit. It will be a victory for students, as well as for charter schools, which were disadvantaged by the expiring formula.</p>
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<span class="">Our children are under attack in our society.<br class=""/><br class=""/>They’re being warped, brainwashed, manipulated, and abused.<br class=""/><br class=""/>As celebrities, businesspeople, teachers, parents, and everyone in between attended the Super Bowl this past February without masks, their kids were sent shuffling into school with an oxygen-restricting muzzle strapped firmly to their face the next day.<br class=""/><br class=""/>A muzzle they’ve been forced to wear for two years straight.<br class=""/><br class=""/>But that’s the least of our worries about what’s happening to children in public schools.<br class=""/><br class=""/>Depending on where you live, schoolteachers are teaching some pretty extreme and dangerous ideas.<br class=""/><br class=""/></span><ul class="">
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<span class=""><br class=""/>That’s just a small slice of the brainwashing currently being thrust upon children, including elementary-aged kids.<br class=""/><br class=""/>Also, if you know the history of public schools by studying the works of brilliant historians and award-winning teachers like John Taylor Gatto, then you know government schooling was explicitly invented in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to indoctrinate children into being obedient citizens and soldiers to serve the State and big corporations.<br class=""/><br class=""/>All of which is why…<br class=""/><br class=""/>We should not allow kids to be imprisoned in government school hellholes.<br class=""/><br class=""/>Create a homeschool alternative educational options of a beautiful network of homeschooling families, a homeschooling coop, that shares in the responsibility of teaching our children how to be intelligent, creative, peaceful, compassionate, moral, and free human beings.<br class=""/><br class=""/>You know, all the things public school intentionally sucks out of kids.<br class=""/><br class=""/>Teaching children to love liberty, truth, and each other practically guarantees that society will be made better when they’re old enough to affect it.<br class=""/><br class=""/>This is why homeschooling and alternative educational options are a key</span></div>
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