Tag: Homeschool

• Education in America – Part Five

  

  The Child Does Not Belong to the State  A free society must answer certain questions correctly or it will soon answer many others wrongly. One of those questions is this: who bears the first responsibility for the child? The answer is not the school district, the state agency, the licensing body, the union, or the educational theorist.…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  April 2, 2026

  Education, History, On Family, politics

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• The Role of Parents in Education: The Supreme Court’s Stand

  

  The recent divide between the leaders of America’s two largest teachers’ unions over the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor is as revealing as it is unsurprising. One laments the Court’s decision as a betrayal of professional expertise, while the other somewhat unexpectedly acknowledges the rightful place of parents in the educational process. And…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  June 30, 2025

  Education, On Faith, On Family, politics

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