{"id":17998,"date":"2021-03-25T08:18:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=17998"},"modified":"2021-03-25T08:18:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:18:48","slug":"overnight-news-with-public-education-at-its-most-poisonous-worst-heres-to-the-children-lucky-enough-to-break-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17998\/overnight-news-with-public-education-at-its-most-poisonous-worst-heres-to-the-children-lucky-enough-to-break-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: With public education at its most poisonous worst, here\u2019s to the children lucky enough to break\u00a0free."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cIs it true that the dogs who go to obedience school get better\u00a0treats?\u201d<\/p><\/div>As with municipal water supplies, government schooling is a terrible idea. Even if it were good \u2013 and I’m old enough to remember when it was better, at least \u2013 intellectual diversity actually is<\/em> our strength, especially when the government schools are serving up poison.<\/p>\n

So while the past year has been great for dogs and awful for kids, there is a silver lining for about 20% of kids \u2013 those lucky enough to be homeschooled or privately educated. This will end up creating an aristocracy of literacy \u2013 precisely what the public schools were intended to prevent \u2013 but at least your doctor and your pharmacist will both know how to read.<\/p>\n

In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Housing Wire:<\/strong> Mortgage rates jump to 3.17% last week.<\/a><\/p>\n

Brad Polumbo:<\/strong> 250 Top Business Leaders Just Warned Cuomo: NY\u2019s Tax Hike Proposals Will Have One Huge Consequence.<\/a><\/p>\n

American Thinker:<\/strong> The Government Is Considering a Financial Weapon of Mass Destruction.<\/a><\/p>\n

Joanne Jacobs:<\/strong> 11.1% of families are homeschooling.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Federalist:<\/strong> Once Held Hostage By Teachers\u2019 Unions, West Virginia Just Passed The Nation\u2019s Broadest School Choice Law.<\/a><\/p>\n

Swiss Policy Research:<\/strong> Why the flu has \u2018disappeared\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n

American Thinker:<\/strong> COVID-19 could lead to telemedicine expansion.<\/a><\/p>\n

City Journal:<\/strong> Don\u2019t Let Financial Regulators Dream Up Climate Solutions.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIs it true that the dogs who go to obedience school get better\u00a0treats?\u201dAs with municipal water supplies, government schooling is a terrible idea. Even if it were good \u2013 and I’m old enough to remember when it was better, at least \u2013 intellectual diversity actually is our strength, especially when the government schools are serving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17908,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17908\/overnight-news-real-estate-is-kids-and-dogs-and-the-love-that-makes-homes-for-them\/","url_meta":{"origin":17998,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: Real estate is kids and dogs \u2013 and the love that makes homes for\u00a0them.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"February 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I was all torqued up to beat up on Redfin this morning, but then I befogged my brain with thoughts of homeless people and dogs, so those nimrods can wait, for now. 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