FEBRUARY 2022 UPDATE, BY SPECIAL REQUEST, HOME SCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, EQUITY ETC.

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FEBRUARY 2022 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:

--VIA TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY: Home schooling is up by a factor of four; SEE MORE HERE

--HOME SCHOOL GROUPS AND PROGRAMS;  Below is a list of organizations that provide resources, opportunities, activities, programs, or classes for home schooled students FROM KIDS OUT AND ABOUT DOT COM; CLICK HERE

AND HERE IS THEIR LIST that is exclusively home schooling groups--click here.

--SEPT. 2021 ARTICLE WE MISSED FROM BARI WEISS' SUBSTACK: BACK TO SCHOOL WITH COMMON SENSE:

        Of all the broken things the pandemic has revealed about our country, you can make a good case that the state of American education came out looking more battered than just about anything else.

       There’s the stranglehold that the teachers unions have over our public schools. (And the influence those unions seem to have over our public health organizations.) There’s the war over masking our students — and the inability of the adults in charge to have an adult conversation about trade-offs and risks. There’s the revelation, via Zoom, that students might not be learning much of anything. (Besides obsessing over race.) MORE AT https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/back-to-school-with-common-sense?utm_source=url

--MORE ALTERNATIVE EDUCTION: THE NEXT VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE AT ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN OSSINING IS... Our virtual Open House will take place on Thursday, March 24, 2022 from 7-8 pm. A Zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the start of the Open House. We look forward to meeting with you.  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4bada822aaf8c25-virtual5

--AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ASKED ABOUT UPCOMING UNMASK THE KIDS RALLIES AND NEWS:  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2022/02/reminder-westchester-for-choice-convoy.html

--"EQUITY" ISSUES IN EDUCATION, NYC NOW DISCOUNTS GOOD GRADES, BEWILDERING DOE SYSTEM TRIES TO BOOST EQUITY BASED ON A COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL FORMULA...The city’s high school application process is now a crapshoot — and top grades barely matter. READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2022/02/05/nycs-new-high-school-selection-setup-discounts-good-grades/

AND Regents exams, "equity" issues--JANUARY REGENTS EXAMS CANCELLED, CANNOT BE "EQUITABLY ADMINISTERED", DIPLOMA ASSESSMENTS MODIFICATION REQUEST; SREAD SO MUCH MORE AT THE PATCH https://patch.com/new-york/ossining/covid-19-ny-education-department-cancels-january-regents-exams

AND Canceling Regents exams again is an outrageous gift to New York’s teachers union, POST EDITORIAL BOARD. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/12/22/canceling-regents-exams-again-is-an-outrageous-gift-to-nys-teachers-unions/

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SEE THE LAST EDITION OF THIS HOME SCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION BLOG SERIES...

NOVEMBER 2021 UPDATE, BY SPECIAL REQUEST, HOME SCHOOLING, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, AMERICAN HOMESHCOOLING GOES BOOM ETC. ETC. ETC. https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-update-by-special-request.html