{"id":28098,"date":"2022-03-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneroomed.com\/?p=28098"},"modified":"2025-02-06T04:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T04:44:54","slug":"the-governments-war-on-real-education-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneroomed.com\/?p=28098","title":{"rendered":"The Government&#8217;s War on Real Education, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-dark-gray-color has-text-color\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Support-the-podcast-directly-1024x723.png\" alt=\"The State of Education Podcast Mic Logo\" class=\"wp-image-7428 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">In Part 2 of the Government&#8217;s War on Real Education: Recent Changes and the Idea of School Choice, I discuss a wide variety of topics pertaining to how the government has been controlling what your children learn with little to no regards as to your opinion in the matter, and the rise of the idea of school choice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"below-you-will-find-the-full-show-notes-and-reference-list-for-episode-5-of-the-state-of-education-podcast-presented-by-one-room-education\">Below you will find the full show notes and reference list for Episode 6 of The State of Education Podcast, presented by One-Room Education.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-dark-gray-color has-text-color\" id=\"i-can-t-wait-to-start-a-conversation-with-you\"> I can&#8217;t wait to start a conversation with you!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#9f9f5f;color:#9f9f5f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-dark-gray-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-dark-gray-color has-text-color\" id=\"question-of-the-day\">Question of the Day:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\">What do you think of school choice as an option for those of us who don&#8217;t want to, or can&#8217;t remove our children from the educational system?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#9f9f5f;color:#9f9f5f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you have any questions or comments about this episode or any of the information presented, please make sure to leave a comment at the bottom of this post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:77px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter 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https:\/\/oneroomed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Podcast-info-background-2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ep-6-War-on-Ed-Part-2.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The Government&#8217;s War on Real Education Part 2: <br>Recent Changes and the Idea of School Choice<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uztv35\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"rumble_v2d7vhu\"><\/div>\n<script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v2d7vhu\",\"div\":\"rumble_v2d7vhu\"});<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vine-devider-1.png\" alt=\"vine-divider-green\" class=\"wp-image-1549\" style=\"width:228px;height:99px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-parallax\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2337 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-7319307-683x1024.jpeg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" id=\"show-notes\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Show Notes<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Welcome back to The State of Education podcast, presented by One-Room Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">In Part 2 of this amazingly informative mini-series, The Government&#8217;s War on Real Education, I present you with a wide variety of topics pertaining to how the government has been controlling what your children learn with little to no regards as to your opinion in the matter, and the rise of the idea of school choice.  Topics for this episode include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Funding of public and private educational institutions by the Federal Government<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How that funding is used to keep well-meaning educators and community members silent to the overt anti-education, and anti-American practices and messaging in schools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who is benefitting from the implementation of these policies?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What we can do, as members of our communities and citizens of the United States to start correcting this problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">I start this episode off with a quick recap of the topics and main points from Part 1 of The Government&#8217;s War on Education.  For the full notes and references from Part 1, click <a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/ep-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">*HERE*<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong>Throwing Money at the Issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Taxpayers paid a total of $667 billion from the Federal Government on the education of American children in 2020 alone (<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/fastfacts\/display.asp?id=372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCES Reports<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">The total number for the budget of the education system in America is the $667 billion Federal budget, PLUS the state and local funding.  This money funds public AND private schools throughout the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">This means that the issues that parents are trying to escape that plague the public school system, are also found within private education due to the acceptance of public funds and the strings that are attached to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">This brings me to the main point of this episode&#8230;the federal funding of education is ILLEGAL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#9f9f5f;color:#9f9f5f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-white-color has-text-color\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.\u201d<\/p><cite>10th Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#9f9f5f;color:#9f9f5f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Why Federal Funding of Education is Illegal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">the 10th Amendment clearly states that any responsibility not explicitly stated in the Constitution as the responsibility of the Federal Government was <strong>supposed<\/strong> to be handled by the individual states.  Yes, this includes the education of the citizenry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Each state is supposed to have the autonomy to educate their citizens to thrive within their individual regional economy, not just the urban economic centers.  The needs of the California economy are vastly different from Coal Country (Kentucky, West Virginia&#8230;) or the Rust Belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How is the Federal Government Funding Education of it&#8217;s Illegal?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">During the Reconstruction Era, after the Civil War, the Federal Government needed to ensure the rights of all of the newly freed slaves and indentured servants were being adhered to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#9f9f5f;color:#9f9f5f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.<\/p>\n<cite>Milton Friedman<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#9f9f5f;color:#9f9f5f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">The Federal Department of Education was founded as a data collection agency to assist and advise the states on educational matters.  It wasn&#8217;t until the Federal DOE was granted funds to disperse in the form of grants that it was able to drive the direction of education throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">The money that public and private schools receive today from the Federal Government is conditional on the completion and maintenance of a minimum average standardized test score for each grade, established and expanded by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">This means that the Federal Government is able to provide funds to the &#8220;states&#8221; specifically allocated for the education of their citizens.  But it&#8217;s ok, because you don&#8217;t have to participate and all of the federally funded programs are optional&#8230;according to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Currently only 9 states and 1 territory have opted out of the Common Core, Race to the Top initiates (the updated versions of No Child Left Behind).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Who Wants to Keep this Going?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#9f9f5f;color:#9f9f5f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Essentially teacher\u2019s unions and politicians are working together to fund the schools as public for-profit institutions where the people at the top get paid more and more money and the politicians keep getting elected to make the situations \u201cbetter\u201d, but the teachers and the students keep getting left holding the bag.<\/p>\n<cite>Katie J., The State of Education, Ep. 6<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#9f9f5f;color:#9f9f5f\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">How can We Possibly Begin to Fix this?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">I believe that the first step is to institute the practice of school choice in every state.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Currently 22 of the 50 states offer fully available school choice.  This includes transportation to and from those schools. (Click *<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federationforchildren.org\/21-soon-22-school-choice-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>* for the full list of states that provide fully accessible school choice)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">School choice forces schools to compete for your student, and the funding that comes with them.  It also allows for specialization within the secondary schools.  For example, mechanical programs, STEM programs or extra curricular activities provided by the different districts can help guide the decision where your student would like to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">This allows students from school choice states to enter the workforce with more marketable skills than those who live in non-school choice states.  Students from states without school choice are often forced to attend the for-profit post-secondary institutions to obtain skills readily available to those students from school choice states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Educate our students about their rights and responsibilities as citizens of the United States and the actual history behind our nation.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">This means telling a realistic and balanced telling of the history of our nation that includes historical context, framing and understanding on the part of both the teacher and the student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">This would include the reintroduction of mandatory civics classes for all students grades 5 and above, with an introduction to citizenship starting in grade 3.  This will be the topic of next weeks episode: Part 3: The Removal of Civics and History from the Central Curriculum.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you enjoy this topic and the information presented, please consider supporting The State of Education podcast by either becoming a supporter of the podcast directly <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/one-roomeducation\" target=\"_blank\">*HERE*<\/a>, or visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/support-our-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support Our Content<\/a> page to become a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/membership-account\/membership-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\">*<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/membership-account\/membership-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/membership-account\/membership-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\">ember*<\/a> of One-RoomEducation.com or snag something from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/shop-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Merch Shop @ One-Room Education.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3618\" alt=\"turned on black samsung smartphone between headphones\" src=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-photo-1337753.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related Listens<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1762dc25df60e7c3e636e39893d9fd2d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/ep-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Government\u2019s War on Real Education, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-76b249ccbb536af69773d82d320fcbe9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/ep-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Government\u2019s War on Real Education, Part 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-251e754ed3762941b3379fe2874912e3\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/ep-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teacher\u2019s Unions\u2026Good or Bad for Your Children? Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fd298168dbba1177966edf7eb5cf3cf6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/ep-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teacher\u2019s Unions\u2026Good or Bad for Your Children?: Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4f160609700550e937ea7d4829bc703e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/ep-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Factory Model of Education: What is it and is it Still Viable in Today\u2019s Ever Evolving World?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-60 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-4385\" alt=\"white ceramic teacup with saucer near two books above gray floral textile\" src=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-904616.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related Reads<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f0172092081e6563a0067d103a8e22a2\">The State of the Unions <a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/the-state-of-the-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">*Read More*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96f2f3f11217723ccd769a66b517cadb\">Should We Be Teaching or Facilitating Learning?<a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/should-we-be-teaching-or-facilitating-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> *Read More*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e8c3b29fc9b7b184f856bfcdc123585\">The Factory Model: Does It Work? Did It Ever? <a href=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/the-factory-model-does-it-work-did-it-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">*Read More*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2329\" alt=\"girl in old fashioned dress standing in library holding books\" src=\"https:\/\/one-roomeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pexels-photo-11259801-720x1024.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" id=\"references\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33fdbc240e1a56743d6ec630c45640d0\">Boyd, Ashley S., and Janine J. Darragh. \u201cTeaching for Social Justice: Using All American Boys to Confront Racism and Police Brutality.\u201d <em>American Federation of Teachers<\/em>, 9 Mar. 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/ae\/spring2021\/boyd_darragh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.aft.org\/ae\/spring2021\/boyd_darragh<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18a553a739e6c73c4fc7a5eb86f18389\">Carlson, Tucker. \u201cTucker: More and More Parents Are Choosing Homeschool.\u201d <em>Fox News<\/em>, FOX News Network, LLC, 19 Feb. 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6298116243001#sp=show-clips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6298116243001#sp=show-clips<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aaffb489335a557f5a267fc399f06475\">\u201cFederal Role in Education.\u201d <em>The Federal Role in Education<\/em>, US Department of Education (ED), 15 June 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/overview\/fed\/role.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/overview\/fed\/role.html<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32437ff365cd5c2222a0880ce5958aa7\">Griswold, Shaun. \u201cNational Guard Members Show up for Their First Day Teaching Public School, Providing Child Care.\u201d <em>News<\/em>, Las Cruces Sun News, 25 Jan. 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/story\/news\/local\/new-mexico\/2022\/01\/25\/national-guard-members-show-up-their-first-day-teaching-school\/9210938002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/story\/news\/local\/new-mexico\/2022\/01\/25\/national-guard-members-show-up-their-first-day-teaching-school\/9210938002\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9379e6000c990ef0e853eb7f16a81510\">Heckman, James J, and Paul A LaFontaine. \u201cTHE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE: TRENDS AND LEVELS.\u201d <em>Review of Economics and Statistics<\/em>, vol. 92, no. 2, May 2010, pp. 244\u2013262., <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/rest.2010.12366. Accessed Feb. 2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/rest.2010.12366. Accessed Feb. 2022<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6ab9cfd257a811088d90be1ff9000928\">\u201cHomeschooling by the Numbers.\u201d <em>Coalition for Responsible Home Education<\/em>, Coalition for Responsible Home Education, 23 Mar. 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblehomeschooling.org\/research\/summaries\/homeschooling-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/responsiblehomeschooling.org\/research\/summaries\/homeschooling-numbers\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33ba578dc26d226a400b0e196bdcd888\">NCES. \u201cThe NCES Fast Facts Tool Provides Quick Answers to Many Education Questions (National Center for Education Statistics).\u201d <em>National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)<\/em>, U.S. Department of Education, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/fastfacts\/display.asp?id=372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/fastfacts\/display.asp?id=372<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ddb1e8139bf5bfa63f2c7db45d11af3d\">\u201cRacial Justice Is Education Justice.\u201d <em>NEA EdJustice<\/em>, National Education Association, 20 Apr. 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/neaedjustice.org\/racial-justice-is-education-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/neaedjustice.org\/racial-justice-is-education-justice\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ad83b0feaf9cf861edcb447231284061\">Shivaram, Deepa. \u201cNew Mexico Is Calling on the National Guard to Fill in as Substitute Teachers.\u201d <em>NPR<\/em>, NPR, 21 Jan. 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/01\/21\/1074711399\/new-mexico-national-guard-substitute-teachers-shortage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/01\/21\/1074711399\/new-mexico-national-guard-substitute-teachers-shortage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1919d54e8ba168c934c89527c29ee209\">Statista Research Department. \u201cResident Population of the United States by Sex and Age as of July 1, 2020.\u201d <em>Statista<\/em>, Statista, 10 Sept. 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/241488\/population-of-the-us-by-sex-and-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/241488\/population-of-the-us-by-sex-and-age\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e710b338a872f03225f67a144a8c5eb0\">\u00c1lvarez, Brenda. \u201cAdvocating for Racial Equity in Our Schools.\u201d <em>NEA<\/em>, National Education Association, 2 Oct. 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/advocating-for-change\/new-from-nea\/advocating-racial-equity-our-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nea.org\/advocating-for-change\/new-from-nea\/advocating-racial-equity-our-schools<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img 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