All posts tagged "homeschool"

  • Opinion
    For ESA Shame, the Name to Blame is… Sandoval

    (Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – In his Sunday column published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Steve Sebelius makes a valid point regarding the constitutionality of Nevada’s new Education Savings Accounts (ESAs).  He wrote… “Article 11, Section 10 of the Nevada Constitution reads, simply: ‘No public funds of any kind or character whatever, State, County...

  • Opinion
    Frankly speaking for ESA homeschoolers

    (Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – My Muth’s Truths column Friday blasting Nevada legislative Republicans for blowing their opportunity to pass a better ESA (Education Savings Account) bill brought a simmering disagreement among homeschoolers to the boiling point. In a Yahoo group post on Saturday, Frank Schnorbus, a leader of the Nevada Homeschool Network,...

  • Opinion
    Home Education inspires a Love of Learning

    Real Heroes: Homeschool Parents (Lawrence Reed of Foundation for Economic Education) – The hero in this story is...

  • Government
    Disruptive ESA’s could hasten failure factory exodus

    (Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – They’re called “disruptive innovations.” A disruptive innovation is something unexpected that disrupts an existing product or service market and creates a new one, complete with an entire new batch of customers and usually lower prices.  “Ride-sharing,” which has totally disrupted the moribund taxicab industry, is a perfect example....

  • Government
    Even the one good law passed by the Legislature has kinks

    (Thomas Mitchell) – I am not a legislator and shall always try to do right and be good so...

  • Government
    Educational Savings Account Bill; SB 302 Information

    (Nevada Homeschool Network) – You may start hearing about a new law, SB302, which will allow families more options for the education of their children.  We want you to understand the wording and the requirements for this law.  (and as of this writing the governor has not signed this, but we anticipate...

  • Politics
    Governor Appoints Homeschool Mom To New Charter School Authority

    (Las Vegas, NV) – Elissa Wahl, school choice advocate and founder of RISE Resource Center, has been...

  • Government
    Homeschoolers in Las Vegas Opening Community Support Center

    NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – You’re not happy with the public school system. You decide to homeschool....