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Student Thanks Teacher Decades Later
January 08, 2013
The following story was taken from NPR. You can read it in it's entirety here. Come on, we like feel-good stories too!   John Cruitt, 62, spent decades tracking down his third-grade teacher. He wanted to talk with Cecile Doyle about 1958 — the year his mother, who was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis, passed away. Her death came just days before Christmas. Cruitt had been expecting to go home from school and decorate the...
The Accreditation Question
January 08, 2013
"But public schools have to be accredited!" That's a statement you've probably heard if you've ever had a discussion with someone about whether school choice is a desirable option for South Carolina families. Usually that statement is part of a larger fallacy that goes something like, "If we're giving state money to a private school then we have a right to know if they're accredited. We don't want parents...
Regarding Transportation
January 08, 2013
  Ever heard this argument against school choice? "Low-income families can't afford the transportation costs associated with school choice. Scholarships won't help them." The issue of transportation costs is brought up with regularity by people who resent the idea of parents being able to choose a school for their child outside the traditional public school system. We'll keep the response to this concern (...

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