Interesting Educational Links

Historical Review of Public Education

Public and State Controlled Education
by Eckehart Marenholtz

The Inculcation of the Prussian (German) Educational System in the United States:
Preventing Full Mental Thought Processes and Learning

Economic Reports on Claremont v. Governor

The Local Property Tax: An Efficient Method of Funding High-Quality Public Education in New Hampshire
by William A. Fischel, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College.

Local Property Tax-Based Funding of Public Schools by Caroline M. Hoxby, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard College. An expert witness report prepared at the request of the Attorney General concluding that both students and taxpayer are better off under locally based systems of school funding and school control. May 19, 1997

Crime and Public Education

Poison Drops in the Federal Senate by Zach Montgomery (Published in 1886 by Gibson Bros., Washington, D.C.) The School Question from a Parental and Non-Sectarian Standpoint.

What Effect Does School Attendance on the Crime Rate by Karl Bunday The social effects of school deserve further open-minded research.

Ruled by their Peers by Karen Gram, Southam Newspapers Vancouver, Wed. July 2,'97 Calgary Herald In an alarming trend reminiscent of Lord of the Flies, a growing number of children are taking their cues from other kid rather than grown-ups.

Reports on Kentucky's Model Education Reform Plan

Vote in Kentucky House May Presage KIRIS Battle By Kerry A. White, Education Week on the Web. Kentucky assessment system does not work. March 11, 1998

Kentucky Reforms No Panacea for Education Reform By Sam Staley, The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions. November 7, 1997

The Medicalization of Public Schools

Predatory Guidance "Counseling" has Arrived by Steven Kossor, The Kossor Education Newsletter School guidance counselors can legally identify a child as having a need for Psychological Treatment without parental notification or consent.

The Systematic Destruction of Character by Steven Kossor, The Kossor Education Newsletter There is a basic core belief that undergirds all of the education "restructuring" efforts currently underway across America -- and around the world. That belief is, that government is a better caretaker of children than parents.

Constitutions and the Social Compact

The State of the Union, 1998 by Doug Fiedor, "Whatever happened to the Rule of Law? A view from the foothills of Appalachia. Protecting one individual rights from government usurpation is almost an impossibility.

A Letter to Grover Cleveland By Lysander Spooner on his false inaugural address, the usurpations and crimes of lawmakers and judges, and the consequent poverty, ignorance, and servitude of the people. (1886)

Goals of Department of Education

Who Got It Right? by John E. Berthoud What Proponents and Opponents of the Creation of the Department of Education Promised & Predicted

New Hampshire Politics

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