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Questions they should be able to respond to

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Posted on June 30, 2008 - 9:09am at Camp4u
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I was lucky enough to be able to fill as host for Lee and Terry Frank on their Radio show today. I invited all the candidates in the 20th house district to come in for some grilling by Sen. Raymond Finney and myself. They all showed up except Mr. Ramsey.

Mennonites don't vote

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Posted on May 24, 2008 - 10:43am at Camp4u
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Some people are wondering why this happened..

Good enough for government work

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Posted on May 22, 2008 - 5:35pm at Kay Brooks
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The DOE's characterization of private school (Category IV diplomas) as worthless made it national this afternoon as it moved from our own TennConserVOLiance writers to Warner To

Paying Students Does Not Pay

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Posted on March 24, 2008 - 4:10pm at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance
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It seems some members of our our esteemed Tennessee legislature want to pay students for good grades. From what I read, similar programs in other states appear to work. I have a problem with this for a few reasons:

Pushing Back

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Posted on March 7, 2008 - 12:04pm at Kay Brooks
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Rep. G. A. Hardaway (D-Memphis) makes this week's issue of Education Week. The article titled "Home-schoolers Pushing Back Against New State Scrutiny". The article highlights what a busy month it's been for homeschool advocates and how strong their opposition to interference has been.

All Your Children Are Belong To Us

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Posted on February 25, 2008 - 10:46pm at Hear ItFrom.Us
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At least one state senator, DiAnna Schimek, in Nebraska thinks so.

Her bill would require home-school students to take state-mandated tests or have their schoolwork assessed by an outside evaluator. If students‘ progress falls short academically, they would be sent to public or private schools.

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