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October 29, 2009 Volume 5, Number 42 | ||
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In This
Issue ·
Educational
Freedom
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Also in the
News
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Daylight
Savings Ends
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A Little Bit
of Humor
E-Mail
cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov Find me
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Educational
Freedom
Representative
Davis (center) with Mae Duggan (left), Founder of Citizens for Educational
Freedom and her husband Martin Duggan. (Photo
Left) Representative Davis with Joseph Bast, President of the Heartland
Institute and Keynote speaker for the event. (Photo Right) Representative
Davis with Eagle Forum Co-chairman Phyllis
Schlafly.
(Left
to Right) Ray Hartmann from PBS station KETC's Donnybrook weekly broadcast,
Representative Davis, Senator Cunningham, Bill McClellen from the
Last
week was the 50th anniversary celebration of Citizens for
Educational Freedom (CEF). This was so important because it brought
out a diverse group of people all committed to one goal---helping parents
to help their children achieve their maximum potential.
This organization is committed to promote the primary rights of
parents to pursue freedom of choice, justice and quality in education for
all. These economically difficult times should inspire us toward
vigilance to assure our tax dollars are being used in the most equitable
manner. As the
mother of seven children, I can attest to the reality that all children
have a variety of educational needs and responses to different
environments. It is shortsighted to assume that what is best for one
is best for all. Children need to be considered individually and put
into the learning structure that will allow them to thrive. In
addition, many come from homes where their parents cannot afford any other
option besides public school. We need to consider the whole person
and support whatever options will be of greatest benefit to the
students. The best answer is to allow the parents to decide what
will help their child the most. When
families feel it is best to put their children into an alternative
educational setting, they receive no credit or appreciation for having
made such sacrifices. Private school or homeschooling requires far
more parental time, transportation expenses and tuition or curriculum
acquisition with no assistance from the government, even though these
parents also subsidize the government public schools through property
taxes. This structure can make alternative education choices
prohibitive to parents who are on the lower end of the economic ladder.
Citizens for Educational Freedom believes that parents, regardless
of income, should decide where their children will attend school.
Through programs that allow choice, all families will be treated equally,
competition among schools will be fair, and the quality of education will
improve for everyone.
Instead
of perceiving childrens education to be the job of the schools, we need
to see that it is the parents job to assure their children are educated
and the schools exist to assist in that goal. Citizens for
Educational Freedom (CEF) is a non-profit corporation founded in 1959,
with headquarters in For a
perspective on how the current educational model fails at-risk minorities
read this insightful article by Dr. Anthony B. Bradley,
research fellow at the Acton Institute and assistant professor at Covenant
Theological Seminary in Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
Educational
Freedom. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here: Cynthia Davis Also In the News
Inflation
doesn't exist in the Daylight
Savings Ends
This
weekend is time to change our clocks back one hour. This is the
change we like. The fall time-adjustment gives us an extra hour in
our day. You can write me and let me know what you did with your
extra hour. Some use it for an extra hour of sleep. Others use
it to read a great book. Regardless of what you do, make sure you
enjoy it because you will have to give that hour back in the
spring! A Little
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