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By: Carson Sasser » Utah Approves Universal School Vouchers

Carson Sasser » Utah Approves Universal School Vouchers — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:07:44 +0000

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By: Carson Sasser

Carson Sasser — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:24:51 +0000

I’ve been advocating a move away from government controlled education and toward a private education system. I proposed that vouchers be used in the transition, but that the goal should be no government involvement at all.

I’ll take a closer look at the Netherlands’ experience. I don’t like their level of government involvement, but it sounds like they’re doing better than us.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:00:33 +0000

My wife is a former government school teacher who now stays home with our children. She tutors part time at Sylvan because she misses teaching and because it gives her a little break from the full time mom job. She has also done a little work with a local home school group that brings in outside instructors to give lectures.

We’ve talked a little about home schooling, but we want the kids to have a more traditional experience. However, we both believe that learning at home is integral to a good education, whether it all takes place at home or just a portion. We both work a lot with our kids and integrate learning into nearly everything we do.

By: Mama Grizzly

Mama Grizzly — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:27:54 +0000

WOW! VERY interesting – I definitely plan to blog more about vouchers – and homeschooling as well. Have you ever evaluated homeschooling versus government schooling (as Neal Boortz puts it)? I need to read more of your blog!