Unleashing Education, End Notes

  1. “New Survey: America’s Families are Rethinking K-12 Education,” National School Choice Week, June 14, 2023, https://schoolchoiceweek.com/americas-families-are-rethinking-k-12-education-2023/.
  2. “The State of the Global Education Crisis,” UNICEF, December 2021,  https://www.unicef.org/reports/state-global-education-crisis.
  3. Kerry McDonald, “Education Entrepreneurship and Innovation Across the US: A Case Study,” Foundation for Economic Education, May 26, 2023,  https://fee.org/articles/education-entrepreneurship-and-innovation-across-the-us-a-case-study/.
  4. Jacob Fischler, “Understanding Charter Schools vs. Public Schools,” U.S. News, October 19, 2021,  https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/understanding-charter-schools-vs-public-schools.
  5. Stephen Merrill and Sarah Gonser, “The Importance of Student Choice Across All Grade Levels,” Edutopia,  September 16, 2021, https://www.edutopia.org/article/importance-student-choice-across-all-grade-levels.
  6. Samantha Keppler, “7 things public schools do besides teach kids academic basics,” The Conversation, April 3, 2020,  https://theconversation.com/7-things-public-schools-do-besides-teach-kids-academic-basics-134622.
  7. “School-based health centers,” n.d., Wikipedia, Accessed October 9, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-based_health_centers.
  8. Leonard Tetzlaff, Florian Schmiedek, and Garvin Brod, “Developing Personalized Education: A Dynamic Framework,” Education Psychology Review 33 (October): 863-882, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-020-09570-w.
  9. “Find a school,” n.d., Acton Academy, Accessed October 11, 2023,  https://www.actonacademy.org/find.
  10. Jon England, “Bundle Insurance, Not Education,” Libertas Institute, December 21, 2022,  https://libertas.org/education-empowerment/bundle-insurance-not-education/.
  11. Ascend – A Mentored Education, Accessed October 11, 2023,  https://www.mentoringatascend.org.
  12. Family Lyceum – Home, Accessed October 11, 2023,  https://www.familylyceum.com.
  13. “Some Benefits of Multi-Age Grouping,” University of Wyoming, Accessed October 11, 2023, https://www.uwyo.edu/ecec/_files/documents/multi-age-benefits.pdf.
  14. Sebastian Waack, “Hattie effect size list – 256 Influences Related To Achievement,” Visible Learning, 2015,  https://visible-learning.org/hattie-ranking-influences-effect-sizes-learning-achievement/.
  15. Antonio Buehler, “Five Steps to End School Bullying: Age-Mixing (Essay 1 of 6),” Abrome, October 3, 2016,  https://www.abrome.com/blog/2016/10/3/five-steps-to-end-school-bullying-age-mixing-essay-1-of-6.
  16. BreakOut School: Home, Accessed October 11, 2023, https://www.breakoutschool.org.
  17. HERON SCHOOL, Accessed October 11, 2023, https://www.heronschool.com.
  18. Homeschool with Moonrise, Accessed October 11, 2023,  https://www.moonrise.com.
  19. Thomas Jefferson Education | TJED.org, Accessed October 11, 2023,  https://tjed.org/.
  20. CHOICE Education – An Acton Academy, Accessed October 11, 2023,  https://choice-education.org.
  21. Utah State Board of Education, “Data Gateway,” Utah Data Gateway, Accessed October 11, 2023, https://datagateway.schools.utah.gov/Assessment/StudentProficiency/2023
  22. Sam Dillon, “Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math (Published 2006),” The New York Times,  https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/education/schools-cut-back-subjects-to-push-reading-and-math.html.
  23. Derrick Meador, “What Are Some Pros and Cons of the Common Core State Standards?” ThoughtCo, July 3, 2019,  https://www.thoughtco.com/common-core-state-standards-3194603.
  24. Holden Karnofsky, and Joel Mokyr, “Where’s Today’s Beethoven?” Cold Takes, January 4, 2022,  https://www.cold-takes.com/wheres-todays-beethoven/.
  25. RebelEducator, “Stop measuring your kid,”  April 4, 2023, rebelEducator, https://rebeleducator.substack.com/p/stop-measuring-your-kid.
  26. Patrick Capriola, “Why Parents Know What is Best for Their Child,” Strategies for Parents, May 28, 2019,  https://strategiesforparents.com/why-parents-know-what-is-best-for-their-child/.
  27. “Article X Education,” Utah Legislature, Accessed October 11, 2023,  https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Articlex/UC_AX_1800010118000101.pdf.
  28. Michael Melendez, “Flexible Education Spending Accounts: Choice Meets Innovation,” Libertas Institute, October 17, 2017, https://libertas.org/policy-paper/flexible-education-spending-accounts-choice-meets-innovation/.
  29. “Iowa families apply for education savings accounts in droves,” The Iowa Torch, June 5, 2023,  https://iowatorch.com/2023/06/05/iowa-families-apply-for-education-savings-accounts-in-droves/.
  30. Jon England, “Microschools Face Major Problems,” Libertas Institute, February 9, 2023,   https://libertas.org/op-eds/microschools-face-major-problems/.
  31. Jon England, “The Inequality of School Zoning Laws,” Libertas Institute, October 20, 2022,  https://libertas.org/education-empowerment/the-inequality-of-school-zoning-laws/.

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