Iowa and Tennessee ESA application deadlines close today. Plus: a simple read-aloud morning basket to beat the summer slide.
Show Notes
Two deadlines, one timeless habit. Iowas Students First Education Savings Account application closes tonight at 11:59 p.m., and Tennessees ESA enrollment-selection cutoff is also today. We weigh the fresh Iowa auditor report on where ESA dollars actually go, why government money tends to invite government strings, and how to count the cost before you sign. Then we head to the kitchen table with a Charlotte Mason-style morning basket to keep your kids reading all summer.
In this episode:
- Policy: Iowa and Tennessee ESA application deadlines land today, June 30, against the backdrop of Iowas new state auditor report.
- Curriculum: Build a small summer morning basket, one read-aloud, one poem, one hymn, to stop the summer reading slide.
- Your Homeschool Win Today: read the first chapter of a book your child loves aloud over breakfast, no quiz.
Links:
- Iowa Students First ESA (Iowa Dept. of Education): https://educate.iowa.gov/pk-12/educational-choice/education-savings-accounts
- Iowa auditor ESA report coverage (The 74 / Iowa Capital Dispatch): https://www.the74million.org/article/auditor-school-choice-cost-iowans-258-million/
- Tennessee ESA Program (TN Dept. of Education): https://www.tn.gov/education/esa.html
- Summer reading loss (Reading Rockets): https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/summer-reading/articles/summer-reading-loss
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