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Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

by Tyler Williamson | Feb 15, 2021 | Blog

One of the major principles of the school choice movement is the idea that parents should be empowered to choose where and how their children are educated. This seems like a fairly simple idea: parents are responsible for their children and should direct their...
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

Education’s Iron Triangle Traps Parents, Teachers, and Children

by Byron Schlomach | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog

The triangle is structurally extremely strong. Most roofs are constructed of triangular trusses. They provide for great strength with an economy of resources. Depending on the material used to construct them, trusses can be nearly indestructible. An iron or steel...
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

Stress of School District Funding During Covid-19 Made Worse by Bad Policy

by Tyler Williamson | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog

If a business loses hundreds of customers to a competitor, are they justified in thinking they will retain the same level of profit? Of course not, that’s absurd. However, Oklahoma school district administrators appear to think so. A recent article in the Oklahoman...
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

A Plan to Put Teachers in Charge, Give Parents Choices, and Benefit Children

by Mike Davis | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog

How much confidence would you have in a law firm that was managed and run by legal secretaries and paralegals? Probably not a lot. Legal support staff constitute a vital part of their firms. A good paralegal can free an attorney to focus on the things only she can do....
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Parents Versus Bureaucrats in Educating Kids

Abuse of Office: Cindy Byrd Demonstrates She Doesn’t Understand Charter Schools

by Byron Schlomach | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog

A principle I have learned over the years is that when accusations mainly founded in suspicions are made, the accusers are very often guilty of the very perfidy that they allege. Of this, I have no doubt when it comes to the accusations against Epic Charter Schools, a...
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