Author Archives: Meg Rayborn Dawson

The Risks of Homeschooling

Harvard Prof. Explains why she believes Homeschooling should be BANNED The Risks of Homeschooling by ERIN O’DONNELL MAY-JUNE 2020 Illustration by Robert Neubecker   Alpha-Phonics Blog Editor Comment:  We have recently presented several articles on the Harvard Professor who wants to … Continue reading

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GEORGIA NAEP SCORES PLUNGING AT HISTORIC RATE SINCE ADOPTION OF COMMON CORE

RESEARCH & COMMENTARY: GEORGIA NAEP SCORES PLUNGING AT HISTORIC RATE SINCE ADOPTION OF COMMON CORE MAY 28, 2020 ByTim Benson Post-Common Core Scores Declining Where Pre-Common Core Scores Were Increasing The adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has … Continue reading

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A Looming Financial Meltdown For America’s Schools

SPECIAL SERIES The Coronavirus Crisis A Looming Financial Meltdown For America’s Schools May 26, 20205:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition     CORY TURNER   LA Johnson/NPR Austin Beutner looked haggard, his face a curtain of worry lines. The superintendent of the … Continue reading

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‘Virtual church’ – has it lost its luster already?

‘Virtual church’ – has it lost its luster already? Monday, June 1, 2020   Steve Jordahl (OneNewsNow.com) Congregations were enthusiastic about online church services when the pandemic hit – but a respected “faith and culture” polling group reports the novelty seems … Continue reading

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Schools telling Parents they can’t withdraw their kids to homeschool

Loss of funding behind anti-homeschooling attitude Monday, June 1, 2020   |Bob Kellogg (OneNewsNow.com) With most public schools ending the school year in lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News reports that parents in several states want to homeschool now and perhaps in … Continue reading

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Common Core Fails in Illinois

RESEARCH & COMMENTARY: ILLINOIS’ NAEP SCORES TAKE WRONG TURN AFTER ADOPTION OF COMMON CORE MAY 29, 2020 By Tim Benson Post-Common Core Scores Declining Where Pre-Common Core Scores Were Increasing Alpha-Phonics Blog Editor Note: Our last Post explained how Common Core … Continue reading

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COMMON CORE IS CAUSING MASSACHUSETTS NAEP SCORES TO DECLINE AT HISTORIC RATE

  RESEARCH & COMMENTARY: COMMON CORE IS CAUSING MASSACHUSETTS NAEP SCORES TO DECLINE AT HISTORIC RATE MAY 26, 2020 ByTim Benson Post-Common Core Scores Declining At Same Rate Pre-Common Core Scores Were Increasing The adoption of the Common Core State … Continue reading

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Thanks to phonics [Alpha-Phonics] from Australia and Las Vegas

       Some recent comments about Alpha-Phonics: Letter To The Editor: The Australian  Surry Hills, NSW  Since: 1824  Circulation: 2,394,000  An Australia  National paper:   “Thanks to phonics” There were no “wars” over reading in the 1970s (“Reading wars … Continue reading

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A UCLA lecturer has joined other higher education instructors calling to ban homeschooling..

​‘I’m Stalin’: UCLA ‘libertarian Antichrist’ wants to ban homeschooling, charter schools Celine RyanCorrespondent Editor@celinedryanon May 26, 2020 at 11:06 AM EDT   FacebookTwitterMore A UCLA lecturer has joined other higher education instructors calling to ban homeschooling.. “I’m for banning home and … Continue reading

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With School Buildings Closed, Children’s Mental Health Is Suffering

With School Buildings Closed, Children’s Mental Health Is Suffering Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email May 14, 20205:05 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition     National Public Radio ANYA KAMENETZ FacebookTwitter LISTEN·3:413-Minute ListenAdd toPLAYLIST Download Embed Transcript LA Johnson/NPR Nightmares. Tantrums. Regressions. Grief. … Continue reading

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