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Joel Turtel


Member Since: 29th August 2005
URL: http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com
Occupation: Webmaster
No of Articles: 10
About Me: Joel Turtel is an education policy analyst, and author of

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04th October 2005

Why Public Schools Hate Home-Schooling Parents

Home-schooling is a great success. That's why many public-school authorities hate home-schooling parents. Home-schoolers are a direct challenge to the public-school monopoly. This monopoly makes it almost impossible to fire tenured public-school teache...

01st October 2005

Vouchers --- Parents, Don't Depend On Them

Vouchers, which give tax money to parents to pay for tuition in private schools, sound good in theory. The problem is that voucher programs are few and very far between. The Supreme Court declared vouchers constitutional in 2002, but currently only thir...

27th September 2005

The Free Ride In Public Schools

To protect children's self-esteem or deflect complaints by parents, many public schools today automatically advance failing students to the next grade level. In other schools, some students are left back a maximum of one year, then promoted again regard...

15th September 2005

The Absurdity Of The Public School Monopoly

The notion that local governments should have almost total monopoly control over our children's education is not only unjust and tyrannical, it is also absurd. Children need education, to be sure, but they also need food, clothing, and shelter. The same...

12th September 2005

Invented Spelling --- Another Alice-In-Wonderland Public-School Theory

As part of the whole-language (or "balanced") reading-instruction philosophy, many public schools now teach what they call "invented" or "creative" spelling. Under this theory of spelling, teachers believe that forcing a child to spell a word correctly ...

12th September 2005

Let's Google And Yahoo Our Kids' Education

I love Google and Yahoo. With Google and Yahoo I can search the Internet on any subject that interests me, at any time day or night, in the comfort of my home. I was thinking how much fun it is to learn new things with Google or Yahoo, compared to the b...

08th September 2005

Grandparents --- Homeschool Your Grandchildren And Feel Younger

Grandparents, what better way to stay close to your grown children than to advise them about important issues like the dangers of public schools for your grandchildren? What better way to feel younger if you offer to help homeschool your grandchildren? ...

08th September 2005

How Public Schools Lie To Parents And Betray Our Children

Under the "No Child Left Behind Act," public schools whose students consistently fail standardized tests can now be shut down. To protect their jobs, teachers and principals are now under intense pressure to cheat ' to fudge test scores and repo...

05th September 2005

Homeschooling Takes Your Child Out Of Public School --- A Unique Benefit

Home-schooling removes children from public school. That alone makes home-schooling worthwhile. Unlike public-school children, home-schooled kids are not prisoners of a system that can wreck their self-esteem, ability to read, and love of learning. Hom...

31st August 2005

Busy, Working Parents --- 22 Ways To Homeschool Your Kids

If you're a single parent or a married couple on a tight budget so that both parents have to work, you may worry about finding the time and energy to homeschool your children, but it can be done. It comes down to planning and scheduling your time. M...