Free Online Resources for the Reluctant Homeschooler
Virginia schools have closed through the end of the school year, and work will not be graded. If you find the kids are uninspired by the remote schoolwork, help them instead explore a new topic with some free online options. Online school K12 has offered free access to more than 17,000 eBook collection called Big Universe through June. The Fairfax County library also has many e-books, magazines, and movies available online
For Those of You Who’ve Suddenly Had Homeschooling Thrust Upon You, Here Are Three Tips
I’ve been a homeschooling parent for six whole months now, after pulling two of my three kids out of public school at the end of the 2018-19 school year. But my oldest, who successfully argued for completing his final two years at public school, is now on the COVID-19 hiatus along with his sisters
Lessons from Arlington: The Public School Model Needs to Change
On March 2, 2019, five public school parents sat around a kitchen table and laid preliminary plans for defending the hill all five were prepared to die on: parents’ right to authority over their own children’s education, health, and well-being. The Arlington Parent Coalition (APC) was born.
A year later, we’ve arrived at the disturbing conclusion that public school is no longer a safe place for children
Fairfax GOP Blasts In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
Fairfax GOP Chairman Tim Hannigan was on ABC 7 News Friday, criticizing bills in the Virginia legislature that would grant in-state tuition to illegal aliens. Subsidizing tuition for illegal aliens invariably means higher costs for citizens and legal immigrants
LISTEN: VA School Choice Program Under Threat
Nathan Brinkman, a father of two school-aged kids in Arlington County, was recently on WMAL to discuss the latest threat to educational freedom here in Virginia. Delegate David L. Bulova (D-Fairfax) has introduced a bill that would abolish the Commonwealth’s Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credit (EISTC)
Virginia’s Private School Choice Program Under Threat
Virginia’s only private school choice program, Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits (EISTC), is under threat from an elected official. Delegate David L. Bulova (D-37) has authored a bill to abolish it
Save Virginia’s Only School Choice Program!
The Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits (EISTC) program provides tax credits to those who donate to scholarship foundations that help low-income students and students with disabilities attend nonpublic schools. Because of this program, thousands of Virginia students receive the financial assistance they need to attend the school that best fits their needs
Daily Caller: Inside Ideologues’ Drive to Change Schools
From The Daily Caller’s Luke Rosiak: A constellation of affiliated national activist groups, many backed by George Soros and citing what an economist called “junk science,” are pushing “equity” plans
ICYMI: Priscilla DeStefano on Fox & Friends
At-large school board candidate Priscilla DeStefano was on Fox & Friends Saturday morning, to discuss the Far Left’s drive to change suburban public schools.
On the Fairfax County School Board, there is virtually no check on the Left’s social engineering agenda. “There is a 10-seat majority of Democrat-backed candidates out of 12,” DeStefano noted. “They don’t have to listen to anyone — so they don’t”
Elizabeth Schultz: “Kids Before Politics”
Fairfax County School Board Member Elizabeth Schultz (Springfield District) was on WMAL’s Larry O’Connor Show Wednesday.
During her interview, Schultz broke down the county’s highly controversial “One Fairfax” scheme