Suggested Readings, Resources, and Bibliography

Akin, Jimmy. "Homeschooling is not a crime". This Rock. December 3, 2003. p. 17-22. http://www.catholic.com

Archer, Jeff. “Agitator for choice leaves her mark”. Education Week November 12, 2003. (p. 1). Discusses Jeanne Allen, outspoken champion of alternatives to traditional public education and Director, Center for Education Reform.

(http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=section&pSectionID=5&CFID=305634&CFTOKEN=61859835 ) Also co-founder of Education Leaders Council (Washington DC) http://www.educationleaders.org/

Arsen, David and Plank, David. "Michigan School Finance Under Proposal A: State Control, Local Consequences". November 2003. Education Policy Center at Michigan State University. http://www.epc.msu.edu/

Borja, Rhea. "U.S. audit raps Arizona's use of charter aid". Education Week. December 3, 2003. (p. 1)

Charter School Leadership Council. Members include the Black Alliance for Educational Options (http://www.baeo.org/home/index.php ), the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation (http://www.edexcellence.net/foundation/global/index.cfm), and the National Council of LaRaza. (http://www.nclr.org/ )

Eastern Michigan University. "Charter schools parent survey". July 2003. Office of Charter Schools. (survey report not available online). http://www.emich.edu/charter/

EPIC-MRA. “Kindergarten-12^th grade education survey”. November 9-13, 2003. Handout to EPFP fellows from Ed Sarpolus December 15, 2003. http://www.epicmra.com

Finn, Chester E. Jr. "Why not religious charter schools?" Education Week. December 3, 2003. P. 48

Gehring, John. “E.D. steers grants to pro-privatization groups, report charges”. Education Week. December 3, 2003. References a report by the People for the American Way that the US Dept of Ed is providing millions of dollars in grants to a handful of pro-voucher and privatization groups while NCLB is not fully funded. Report is available at http://www.pfaw.org

Gersen, Wayne. "The networked school:could this hybrid of home schooling and public education be the wave of the future?" Education Week. December 3, 2003. P. 30.

Hendrie, Caroline. "Suit accuses Walton foundation of torpedoing new charter group". Education Week. December 10, 2003. P. 11

Higgins, Lori. “Michigan asks little of teaching parents”. Detroit Free Press. February 19, 2002. Second of a three-part series on homeschooling. http://www.freep.com/news/education/hlaws19_20020219.htm

Home School Legal Defense Association, PO Box 1152, Purcellville, VA. 540-338-8899. http://www.hslda.org Legal analysis of homeschooling in Michigan is at http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/MI.pdf

Hsu, Spencer S. "Republicans reach deal on D.C. vouchers". The Washington Post. November 20, 2003. P. B01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63693-2003Nov19.html

Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Many reports, papers and commentary on education issues, including its newsletter, “Michigan Education Report”. http://www.mackinac.org

and http://www.educationreport.org/pubs/mer/article.asp?ID=4835

Michigan Association of Nonpublic Schools. http://www.m-a-n-s.org

Michigan Commission on Charter Schools final report. 2002. http://charterschools.msu.edu/index.html

Michigan in Brief K-12 Schooling Alternatives, Public Sector Consultants, 7^th Edition, Lansing, MI 2003. http://www.michiganinbrief.org/edition07/Chapter5/K12SchoolingAlt.htm

Michigan Office of the Auditor General. “Performance Audit, Office of Education Options, Department of Education”. June 2002. Report number 31-135-01. http://www.state.mi.us/audgen/

Michigan Public Act 302 of 1921. R 388.553 Section (3) Private, denominational and parochial schools; teachers, qualifications, examinations.

National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education. “School Choice: Doing it the Right Way Makes a Difference” The Brown Center on Education Policy, of the Brookings Institution. November 2003. http://www.brook.edu/gs/brown/brown_hp.htm

People for the American Way. . Many reports, papers and commentary on education issues, including “Replicating failure—Colorado vouchers mimic other states’ mistakes” (December 2003); “Unaccountable by design—corporate tuition tax credit schemes drain millions from states” (September 2003); “Funding a movement: US Department of Education pours millions into groups advocating school vouchers and education privatization” (December 2003). http://www.pfaw.org

Public Sector Consultants (publicsectorconsultants.com). “Summary of K-12 Schooling Alternatives specific to Michigan, from Michigan in Brief, an Issues Handbook 2002-03. Co-sponsored by Michigan Nonprofit Association and Council of Michigan Foundations. 7^th Ed. (P. 176-180). http://www.michiganinbrief.org/

Rand Education. "To bring accurate data and objective analysis to the national debate on education policy". http://www.rand.org/education/

Reid, Karla Scoon. “Detroit may get more charter schools, backers say”. Education Week. October 15, 2003. (p. 3) Discusses philanthropist Bob Thompson who offered to invest $200M in Detroit Public Schools and the outcry from many, including teachers, caused him to bow out.

Richard, Alan. "Colorado judge puts state's vouchers on hold". Education Week. December 10, 2003. P. 19

U.S. Department of Education. "Choice provisions in no child left behind". (Presentation in powerpoint). From the Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference. October 2002. http://www.ed.gov/admins/comm/parents/choice/edlite-slides007

Walsh-Sarnecki, Peggy. “Kids thrive and learn in others’ houses”. Detroit Free Press. February 18, 2002. First of a three-part series on homeschooling. http://www.freep.com/news/education/hskull18_20020218.htm

Walsh-Sarnecki, Peggy. “Homeschooling: A study in achievement”. Detroit Free Press. February 20, 2002. Last of a three-part series. http://www.freep.com/news/education/huniv20_20020220.htm

ADDENDUM A

PRIVATE, DENOMINATIONAL, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (EXCERPT)

Act 302 of 1921

388.553 Private, denominational and parochial schools; teachers, qualifications, examinations.

Sec. 3.

No person shall teach or give instruction in any of the regular or elementary grade studies in any private, denominational or parochial school within this state who does not hold a certificate such as would qualify him or her to teach in like grades of the public schools of the state: Provided, however, That any person who shall have taught in any elementary school or schools of the standard specified in this act for a period of 10 years or more preceding the passage of this act, shall, upon filing proof of service with the superintendent of public instruction, be entitled to a certificate by said superintendent of public instruction in such form as he shall prescribe, to teach in any of the said schools within the state: Provided further, That teaching in such schools shall be equivalent to teaching in the public schools for all purposes in obtaining a certificate: Provided further, That the teachers affected by this act may take any examination as now provided by law and that the superintendent of public instruction may direct such other examinations at such time and place as he may see fit. In all such examinations 2 sets of questions shall be prepared in subjects ordinarily written on Saturday, 1 of which sets shall be available for use on Wednesday by applicants who observe Saturday as their Sabbath: Provided further, That any certificate issued under or by virtue of this act shall be valid in any county in this state for the purpose of teaching in the schools operated under this act: Provided further, That any person holding a certificate issued by the authorities of any recognized or accredited normal school, college or university of this or other state shall be entitled to certification as now provided by law: Provided, however, That teachers employed in such private, denominational or parochial schools when this act takes effect shall have until September first, 1925, to obtain a legal certificate as herein provided.

History: 1921, Act 302, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;--CL 1929, 8153 ;--CL 1948, 388.553 .

Constitutionality: Michigan Supreme Court held that the “teacher certification requirement [for home schools] is an unconstitutional violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment as applied to families whose religious convictions prohibit the use of certified instructors.” People v DeJonge, 442 Mich 266; 501 NW 2d 127 (1993).