NOVEMBER 2021 UPDATE, BY SPECIAL REQUEST, HOME SCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, AMERICAN HOMESHCOOLING GOES BOOM ETC. ETC. ETC.

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NOVEMBER 2021 UPDATE, BY SPECIAL REQUEST, HOME SCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, equity, etc. -- As this is being explored more and more locally, there will be periodic updates here at the blog:

--AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING GOES BOOM, SUZI WEISS....In March 2020, as the coronavirus engulfed America, Kristen Wrobel got the news: “We heard on Friday that there would be no school for two weeks. Which just turned into no school.”

That was the last time her children — one in third grade, one in first — were in a classroom. In the beginning, they did the remote-school thing. Wrobel, a 42-year-old stay-at-home mom with a bachelor’s degree in software engineering, called it a “nightmare.” MORE AT COMMON SENSE WITH BARI WEISS HERE. 

--GETTING RID OF "F'S" TO FIGHT "SYSTEMIC RACISM"; MORE AT https://lovebylife.com/minnesota-middle-school-eliminates-systemic-racism-to-fight-fs/

AND Minnesota middle school removes Fs from its grading system to fight systemic racism, allows students to retake failed tests; more here. 

--A TEACHER'S EXPERIENCE---EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION--THE CONSEQUENCES: COMMON SENSE WITH BARI WEISS---WHY I AM SUING UCLA, GORDON KLEIN https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/09/equity-diversity-inclusiveion.html

---BREITBART: Transgender: Connecticut Parents Report Kindergartners Taught Gender Ideology Without Opt-Out; Young children in kindergarten are being taught about transgender ideology without an opt-out, say concerned parents in West Hartford, Connecticut. Parents of West Hartford Public Schools (WHPS) informed Parents Defending Education (PDE) the kindergarten reading list in the school district includes Introducing Teddy, MORE AT https://www.breitbart.com/education/2021/11/18/transgender-connecticut-parents-report-kindergartners-taught-gender-ideology-without-opt-out/

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ONCE AGAIN, 

The blog continues to receive numerous requests for info about home-schooling and alternative education opportunities in light of the above--as well as recent local social media commentary, newspaper accounts, etc.  You are referred to this previous post BELOW on the subject which contains numerous home-schooling resources etc.. Good luck to all the parents out there whatever your choices are: https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/08/from-everything-croton-mailbox-readers.html