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So we squander the most money on a public school system that doesn't work while short changing the community college system that does work?
- We Don't Need Regulations
Additionally, national studies have shown that a high percentage of home-educated students go on to obtain advanced degrees. Area homeschoolers often meet for field trips or just child-to-child interaction, and even have graduation ceremonies. It’s...
- From He&os
Daryl explains how Republicans are confusing homeschooling with part of the public education system. Republicans are also committed to providing parents and students with the tools and choices they need to succeed. Charter schools, home schooling and...
- 5 Millon For Pre-kindergarten
They haven't fully funded MAEP (Mississippi Adequate Education Program) ever, but now they want to provide pre-kindergarten to 4 year olds, at tax payer expense. When legislators convene in January, they will have new opportunities to improve school...
- To Fix Us Schools, Panel Says, Start Over
A bipartisan group of scholars and business leaders, school chancellors and education commissioners, and former cabinet secretaries and governors, declare that America's public education system, designed to meet the needs of 100 years ago when the...
- Politics, Citizenship And Homeschooling
You Aren't A Good Citizen If You Homeschool! One poster on the Dr. Phil Board adamantly maintained that homeschoolers were shutting the door on their communities and were bad citizens simple because they didn't use the public schools to educate...
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Funding For Community Colleges
Whenever I speak to local civic groups about community college issues, people always appear deer-in-the-headlights stunned to learn how their taxes are invested in education. Specifically in FY 2007, for every tax dollar out of the state’s General Fund expended on education, about 74 cents was disbursed to the K-12 system; about 20.2 cents went to support public universities; and about 5.8 cents was invested in the community college system.
So we squander the most money on a public school system that doesn't work while short changing the community college system that does work?
- We Don't Need Regulations
Additionally, national studies have shown that a high percentage of home-educated students go on to obtain advanced degrees. Area homeschoolers often meet for field trips or just child-to-child interaction, and even have graduation ceremonies. It’s...
- From He&os
Daryl explains how Republicans are confusing homeschooling with part of the public education system. Republicans are also committed to providing parents and students with the tools and choices they need to succeed. Charter schools, home schooling and...
- 5 Millon For Pre-kindergarten
They haven't fully funded MAEP (Mississippi Adequate Education Program) ever, but now they want to provide pre-kindergarten to 4 year olds, at tax payer expense. When legislators convene in January, they will have new opportunities to improve school...
- To Fix Us Schools, Panel Says, Start Over
A bipartisan group of scholars and business leaders, school chancellors and education commissioners, and former cabinet secretaries and governors, declare that America's public education system, designed to meet the needs of 100 years ago when the...
- Politics, Citizenship And Homeschooling
You Aren't A Good Citizen If You Homeschool! One poster on the Dr. Phil Board adamantly maintained that homeschoolers were shutting the door on their communities and were bad citizens simple because they didn't use the public schools to educate...