The New Hampshire Union Leader published an op-ed piece by Donna C. Chick, a homeschooling grandmother, who explains anecdotally the advantages that accrue to New Hampshire’s excellent “Education Freedom Accounts” (EFA) program.
Many Democrats running in the elections earlier this month, being politically subservient to the interests of the NEA, were trying to rob parents of school choice by dismantling the EFA program. Signs with “public funds for public schools” (meaning, really, “taxpayer funding must be directed only to government schools”) were part of their campaign. Voters decided otherwise, and it appears that educational freedom is still safe in New Hampshire — and continues to be openly promoted by the the state’s Department of Education.
Mrs. Chick’s article is very well written, and uplifting.
HOW DO you best educate a traumatized 8-year-old boy who had only sporadically attended school? A child who spent three years sitting in a hotel room with no stimulation other than a broken phone while his parents fell deep into the drug world.
This was the question we faced when our grandson came to live with us 18 months ago. When the authorities reached out, we immediately sought guardianship. At that time, he was morbidly obese and had been living on a diet of beef sticks and soda. Climbing a flight of stairs left him winded. He was unable to bend over to reach his shoes and if he could, no one had taught him how to tie them. He had no routine, no sleep pattern. He gagged on healthy food; could not identify numbers one to 10; did not know the alphabet; did not know his date of birth or how to write his name.
His first week with us was rough. He struggled eating healthy food. He struggled with a set bedtime and brushing his teeth. He no longer was allowed to have his cellphone. He did, however, move in with seven cousins. My daughter, her husband, and their seven children had moved in with us a year prior. This meant my grandson had seven immediate playmates all close to his age. This was a true blessing.
Read more at the Union Leader…
