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“Free-Range” Parents Are Fighting For Their Kids To Walk Home From School Alone (HBO)
Erin Carson wants her 7-year-old son, Benny, to walk home alone from the school bus. But her NJ school district won’t let that 900-feet walk happen. It requires children under the third grade to have an adult meet them at the bus. The policy contradicts Carson’s belief in the “free range” style of parenting–allowing kids to walk around town, to go to the store, to play in the park, without an adult hovering over them. The free range debate is current, and Utah passed a law supporting...
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Charter vs. Public Schools And The Kids In The Middle | VICE on HBO (Bonus)
School choice is an education reform movement that promotes alternatives to traditional public schools in the form of charter schools and voucher programs. One of the biggest advocates for "choice" over the past two decades, Betsy DeVos, is now serving as President Trump's secretary of education.
VICE correspondent Gianna Toboni traveled to DeVos' home state of Michigan to see school choice in action and to understand what the future of public education might look like.
See it Friday at 7:30...
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