by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jul 20, 2023
History of parent-driven education: Part 4 – The rise of the modern home-schooling movement Written by When people envision home-schoolers, they usually picture a conservative Christian family fleeing the public system for religious reasons. While that demographic...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jul 13, 2023
History of parent-driven education: Part 3 – Growth of federal education policy from early 1900s to 1980s Written by President Biden’s wife calls him “the education president.” Critics say that Biden has failed America’s students. Behind the praise or blame of a...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jul 6, 2023
A success story: home-schooling connection with LiftEd Written by The recent United States Supreme Court rulings rejecting affirmative action in higher education and the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan have put higher ed in the news. However,...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jun 28, 2023
Q&A: American Heritage School’s LiftEd platform for home-schoolers Written by For public schools, the controversy that ignites when education policy decisions touch on religion can get tricky. But some families, exhausted by the public school system, want...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jun 22, 2023
History of parent-driven education: Part 2 – From the common school movement to the mid-1990s Written by Republican presidential candidates are all taking aim at education – hoping to restore parental rights and increase choices in education. They’re following in...
by The Likely Voter | Jun 22, 2023
3 reasons district public school enrollment is on the decline Written by Utah’s enrollment in district public schools is declining, even while the state population is skyrocketing. What explains these seemingly contradictory trends? There could be many factors, but...
