who brought up the abuses of the school''s policy at a meeting in September. School administrators said last month that some parents have entered into provisional custody agreements with other interdisciplinary and curriculum Ascension residents just so their children could attend the school of that person''s choice. The previous policy allowed parents of the student in question to sign a notarized agreement interdisciplinary transferring school-related custody of their children to residents who live in the school district where they want their children enrolled. Hillensbeck and Superintendent Robert Clouatre said last month that school principals curriculum reported to them that students from other parishes, including St. James, Assumption and East Baton Rouge, were interdisciplinary and curriculum attending schools illegally in Ascension. Beginning in the 2001-2002 school year, no one will be allowed to attend interdisciplinary school in Ascension outside his school district unless he shows proof of a court-ordered provisional custody agreement.

The sheer number of homeschoolers curriculum represent a distinct threat to the hegemony interdisciplinary of the government school monopoly. Qualitatively, the academic success of homeschoolers, measured by standardized test scores and recruitment by colleges [1], debunk the myth that parents curriculum need to hire credentialed experts to force children to learn. interdisciplinary Homeschooling also refutes the “more money equals better education” mantra of teacher unions. curriculum The average homeschooling family spends approximately interdisciplinary 10% curriculum of the per pupil costs associated with government interdisciplinary schools [2] in achieving these academic results. Multiplied by the number of homeschoolers, even these modest amounts add up to a sizeable market attracting numerous educational entrepreneurs. Besides challenging the legitimacy of government schools, homeschoolers also pose a more direct economic threat. Funding curriculum for government schools is based on attendance,

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