by Homeschool Idaho | Jan 1, 2023 | ESA
Fund students, not systems! Despite the clever phrase, proponents of ESA legislation are eerily silent when discussing the government regulation that is attached to ALL government money, including when it is used for private and homeschools. The accompanying slogans...
by Homeschool Idaho | Jan 1, 2023 | ESA
Tax dollars have never been designated for personal, private use. Once taxes leave my hands, they stop being MY tax money. Very, very few Idahoans pay the $8,500 in property taxes earmarked toward each public school student in Idaho. A parent’s taxes are not covering...
by Homeschool Idaho | Jan 1, 2023 | ESA
Nobody likes paying taxes. It may not seem fair that homeschooling parents must pay for the public education of their neighbors’ children while also paying for the home education of their own family. But this is an unfair comparison. Homeschoolers have voluntarily...
by Homeschool Idaho | Jan 1, 2023 | ESA
Yes! As a matter of fact, they depend upon it. Every child enrolled in the public school is put into the longitudinal database connected with P-21 and Common Core. This allows the education system to collect up to 400 different data points on each child. These are...
by Homeschool Idaho | Jan 1, 2023 | ESA
The Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning, (CASEL) has been establishing Collaborating States Initiatives to create a community of practice for states across the nation whose shared goal is to, “connect education and workforce policy through an SEL...
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