You may have seen the recent story about the 41-year-old doctor who graduated from medical school in 2003 with student-loan indebtedness of $250,000 that has since swelled to more than $555,000. She is now scheduled to pay $990 per month until she is 70 years old. Ouch! This is an extreme example of...

I have reported many times in the pages of the DeWeese Report about how public school classrooms are being used, not for the teaching of academic knowledge, but for behavior modification to change the student’s attitudes, values and beliefs. Barack Obama is now driving to control classroom curriculum...

Things are not good for government education as states are facing catastrophic budget shortfalls. Some districts have dumped music and art, added to class sizes and cut special education, guidance counseling and summer school, and things are reportedly about to get worse. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) –...

PURCELLVILLE, Va., Jan. 13 /Christian Newswire/ — Today, the New Hampshire House of Representatives resoundingly rejected a draconian homeschool proposal by voting 324-34 to maintain the current law. “Winning by such a significant margin is welcome relief for New Hampshire homeschool families,”...

PURCELLVILLE, Va., Jan. 11 /Christian Newswire/ — This week the New Hampshire House of Representatives plans to vote on whether to strictly regulate homeschooling. Opposition is mounting against the Democratic leadership who are using a legislative maneuver to override the recommendations of a...

The Homeschool Legal Defense Association reports on the persecution of a homeschooling family from Sweden. PURCELLVILLE, VA, Dec. 22 /Christian Newswire/ — Christer and Annie Johansson, a Christian homeschooling family, are in the unimaginable position of permanently losing custody of their only...

Milwaukee-area native and founding executive director for Home School Legal Defense Association Chris Klicka passed away today. HSLDA has a memorial page up with information on the life of this advocate for home educators. A longtime champion of homeschooling rights around the globe, Home School Legal...

Tom McMahon runs 4BlockWorld.com – where he attempts to explain complex issues typically with 4 blocks. Here – he discusses the relationships between Money, Kids, and Schools.

While some on the right are criticizing those who criticized Obama’s “stay in school speech” – they neglect the underlying issue: should kids stay in school? This is not an attempt to promote truancy, but as Wall Street Journal contributor Paul Peterson notes: According to the...