“Zero Tolerance”= Zero Common Sense

A little 6 year old boy named Zachary is waiting tonight to find out whether or not he will be forced to attend 45 days of reform school for bringing his ‘spork’ to school to eat lunch with.  His little red Cub Scout fork/knife/spoon violates the school district’s Zero Tolerance policy because of

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Graduating Without WASLing

So a couple of people have asked me recently, how is P graduating, but NOT taking the WASL? Well, let me tell you about that.

We live in Washington State. Washington has this wonderfully flawed test called the WASL. It was given to 4th, 7th, and 10 graders, in an effort to show that kids

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NOT the Kind of Education My Kids Receive

My question is for teachers who are Christians: How can you go along with this system of brainwashing?

CLEPing high school & NARS

We finally got NARS’ credit evaluation of my daughter’s transcript! It turned out even better than I expected, too. They credited her Leadership class for 1/2 credit of Social Studies, and she will get Computer credit for her Digital Photography class. All she needs, beyond this school year’s credits, are 1-1/2 credits of

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Non-Traditional Graduation

Well, after 4 years back in public school, it looks like  P will be home–technically– for her senior year of high school. Her choices were slim, and she has decided she just doesn’t want to deal with Washington State’s stupid hoops any more. Option #1: To graduate with her class, from her high

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