{"id":170,"date":"2002-07-02T10:02:10","date_gmt":"2002-07-02T10:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/wp\/?p=170"},"modified":"2002-07-02T10:02:10","modified_gmt":"2002-07-02T10:02:10","slug":"rhode-island-candidate-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island Candidate for"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rhode Island Candidate for Governor speaks<\/b> Yesterday, Isabel Lyman <\/a>linked to a HSing Mom who is running for office as an Independent. I wandered over to the candidate\u2019s web-site <\/a>and came across this<\/a>: “Learning is a constant endeavor. We are proposing lengthening school days, school years, and even total years of compulsory attendance. Yet, we are making these proposals at a time when, due to technology access, knowledge is doubling in less and less time. And, the costs to provide access to teachers is increasing, with proposals such as smaller class sizes.” Huh??? A homeschooler proposing increasing the years of compulsory attendance? Say it ain\u2019t so!<\/p>\n

I wrote the candidate asking for a clarification and she kindly responded this morning: <\/p>\n

“We” is the State of Rhode Island and various school districts within the State of Rhode Island. Also, several Bills came up in the Rhode Island General Assembly. Therefore, these are the issues facing Rhode Islanders and not simply homeschoolers. I think that’s the best clarification: Compulsory attendance affects everyone. That message is ringing home “loud and clear” here. I’ve even had teachers write me and say, “You’ve got my vote; how can I volunteer?”<\/b>[emphasis added]<\/p>\n

I don’t stand on the issue of compulsory attendance laws. I stand on the issue of public education in all of its accessible forms: public, private, home, virtual…whatever. I believe that we should not institutionalize education simple because education has become an institution. It is the right of all citizens to be educated, and government serves the people best when it serves the people as they wish. My children have been in private, public and homeschool. I value having the appropriate type of school available to meet varying family educational circumstances. In other words, I value Freedom.<\/p>\n

I feel (and I am not alone) that Rhode Island’s proposals are and have been counterproductive to efficient and effective dispensation of education. That seems to be the natural outcome of ‘one-track’ minds.<\/p>\n

The educated mind is broader than any ‘one-track’ mind.<\/p>\n

Thanks again for chatting on the issues,
\nTonya Fuller-Balletta
\nIndependent (as in Unaffiliated) Candidate for Governor
\nState of Rhode Island
\nhttp:\/\/www.Tonya2002.com <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To tell you the truth, I\u2019m still a bit confused but if the PS teachers are for it, I\u2019m probably agin\u2019 it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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