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ISSUE 1-2
2022
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare
JANUARY - FEBRUARY
NHEG EDGUIDE 2
EDITORIAL TEAM
EDITOR IN CHIEF
PRODUCTION MANAGER
PROOFREADERS/EDITORS
PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THIS ISSUE
GRAPHIC DESIGNER(S)
Pamela Clark
NewHeightsEducation@yahoo.com
Marina Klimi
MarinaKlimi@NewHeightsEducation.org
Laura Casanova
Laura Casanova
Michelle Shockey
Frani Wyner
Janine Kling
Julia Landry
Μαρινα ΚλMarina Klimi
Contents
EDITORIAL TEAM
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THOUGH OF THE MONTH
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NHEG MEDIA PACK
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MISSING CHILDREN
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VOLUNTEERS PAGES
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NHEG INTERNET RADIO
PROGRAM
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THE WALK IN AND OUT OF DARKNESS
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VOLUNTEERS PAGES
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NHEG INTERNET RADIO
PROGRAM
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EARN BOX TOPS
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PRESS RELEASES
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NHEG Writers ARTICLES
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FEE ARTICLES
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HSLD ARTICLES
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NATIONAL NEWS REPORTS IN
EDUCATION
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RECIPES
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NHEG PARTNERS &
AFFILIATES
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Thought for the Month
Welcome to the official
New Heights Educational Group store.
Where you can purchase
NHEG branded products.
We wish everyone
a happy and safe New
Year! We hope that each
of you finds a passion in
helping others.
https://new-heights-educational-group.myshopify.com
Pamela Clark
Founder/ Executive Director of
The New Heights Educational
Group, Inc.
Resource and Literacy Center
NewHeightsEducation@yahoo.com
http://www.NewHeightsEducation.org
Learning Annex
https://School.NewHeightsEducation.org/
A Public Charity 501(c)(3)
Nonprofit Organization
New Heights Educational Group
Inc.
14735 Power Dam Road, Defiance, Ohio
43512
+1.419.786.0247
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Sex: Female
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NCMEC: 1436759
NCMEC: 1438026
Age Now: 16
Aleexis Sargeent
Missing Since: Nov 21, 2021
Missing From: Plain City, OH
DOB: Jul 31, 2005
Da'monn LamQLinn
Missing Since: Dec 7, 2021
Missing From: Toledo, OH
DOB: Nov 20, 2005
Sex: Female
Age Now: 16
Race: White
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 120 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 125 lbs
Alexis was last seen on November 21, 2021.
Da'mon was last seen on December 7, 2021. He may still be in the local area.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Case handled
by
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Case handled
by
NCMEC: 1438768
NCMEC: 1438671
Missing Since: Dec 15, 2021
Missing From: East Cleveland, OH
DOB: Feb 28, 2007
Missing Since: Dec 14, 2021
Missing From: Dayton, OH
DOB: Feb 13, 2008
Joohnn Simpsoonn
Cynncere Frannklinn
Age Now: 14
Age Now: 13
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 140 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 133 lbs
John was last seen on December 14, 2021. He may still be in the local area.
Cyncere was last seen on December 15, 2021.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Case handled
by
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Case handled
by
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VOLUNTEER PAGES
AILEEN WIEBE
11/5/21
GERMAN TUTOR
NEW VOLUNTEERS
RACHEL OLADEJO
11/10/21
READING TIME READER AND NHEG TUTOR
SEAN URKE
11/9/21
COMIC BOOK/SCREENPLAY WRITER
RONAK SHAH
11/25/2021
MUSIC TUTOR
JOYCE LIN
11/21/21
CHINESE/MANDARIN TUTOR AND WRITING
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
BARBARA BULLEN
12/10/21
EDUCATIONAL WRITER AND RADIO HOST
ASSISTANT
MICHAEL ANDERSON
CHESKA BAGALSO
ANGELICA BARBOSA
SETIANI BHUIYAN
HAMSATU BOLORI
BARBARA BULLEN
LAURA CASANOVA
SAMPAN CHAUDHURI
CAROLINE CHEN
KRISTEN CONGEDO
JAVIER CORTÉS
VY DINH
VOLUNTEERS OF THE MONTH
SARIKA GAUBA
GRETA GUNNARSON
ERIKA HANSON
KATHERINE HAYES
RHONE-ANN HUANG
KRISTINA KAFLE
PADMAPRIYA KEDHARNATH
PRIYA
MEGHNA KILAPARTHI
MARINA KLIMI
JULIA LANDY
NINA LE
YICHEN LIU
RACHEL OLADEJO
ALEXANDRE OLIVEIRA
VICTOR RODRIGUEZ
ESTHER SEVERE
ALINA SHEIKH
CARMEN TACHIE-MENSON
OLANIYAN TAIBAT
SEAN URKE
SATYA VEDULA
AILEEN WIEBE
FRANI WYNER
We bid a sad
goodbye to Tyler Maxey-
Billings, Samuel Iglesias and
Charlotte Picardo.
We wish you all the best!
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THE INTERNET RADIO PROGRAM FROM
NEW HEIGHTS EDUCATIONAL GROUP
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Internet Radio Show Spots now available
The New Heights Educational Group is now offering the opportunity for the public or businesses that promote education to purchase sponsor advertisement on our internet radio show.
All products, business and service advertisements will need to be reviewed by our research department and must be approved by NHEG home office.
All advertisements must be family friendly.
Those interested in purchasing packages can choose for our host to read the advertisement on their show or supply their own pre-recorded advertisement.
If interested, please visit our website for more details.
https://Radio.NewHeightsEducation.org/
The NHEG Radio Show is an internet radio program in which the hosts cover various topics of education for Home, Charter and Public School families in Ohio.
These Communities include Paulding, Defiance, Van Wert, Delphos, Lima, Putnam County, Wauseon and Napoleon. For an invitation to the live show, visit us on Facebook or Twitter to sign up, or email us at info@NewHeightsEducation.org
If you are looking to listen to past shows, please check out this document
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oW5gxFB7WNgtREowSsrJqWP9flz8bsulcgoR-QyvURE/edit#gid=529615429
that lists all the shows that have been released.
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NHEG January Birthday
NHEG February Birthday
JAN 7
Cheska Bagalso
FEB 2
Alexandre Oliveira
JAN 13
Nayana Mogre
FEB 2
Pamela Clark
JAN 22
Ethan Long
FEB 3
Ashlee Scott
JAN 24
Daniela Silva
FEB 9
Yichen Liu
JAN 28
Leah Sedy
FEB 10
Briana Dincher
JAN 31
Jakki Taylor
FEB 10
Desiree Clark
FEB 20
Charlotte Picardo
FEB 24
Meghna Kilaparthi
FEB 24
Mac Clark Birthdate
FEB 25
Ryan Wright-Harrigan
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NHEG January Anniversaries
NHEG February Anniversaries
JAN 6
Sapna Shukla
FEB 10
Arianna Penzo
JAN 14
Vy Dinh
FEB 11
Olaniyan Taibat
JAN 29
Rachel Fay
FEB 15
Yichen Liu
JAN 24
Daniela Silva
FEB 27
Padmapriya (Priya) Kedharnath
JAN 28
Leah Sedy
JAN 31
Jakki Taylor
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HOW TO EARN
BOX TOPS MAKES IT EASY
All you need is your phone! Download the Box Tops app, shop as you normally
would, then use the app to scan your store receipt within 14 days of purchase. The
app will identify Box Tops products on your receipt and
automatically credit your school’s earnings online.
Twice a year, your school will receive a check and can use that cash to buy
whatever it needs!
DO YOU NEED TO ENROLL YOUR SCHOOL? FIND OUT HOW HERE.
https://www.boxtops4education.com/enroll
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PRESS RELEASE
12/17/21
NEW HEIGHTS EDUCATIONAL GROUP (NHEG)
ANNOUNCES A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH HEROES OF LIBERTY
Heroes of Liberty is a series of children’s books that
help pass the torch of American values to the next
generation - one story at a time. The series features
beautifully illustrated biographies of important people
throughout American history. Each book is written
in an engaging format and filled with breathtaking
artwork focusing on the life story and achievements
of Americans who are Heroes of Liberty. The Heroes
of Liberty book motto is AMERICAN VALUES – ONE
STORY AT A TIME.
The first three Heroes of Liberty are President Ronald Reagan, Thomas Sowell, and Justice Amy
Coney Barrett. Starting in 2022, Heroes of Liberty will be publishing one book about one hero each
month. Coming up are John Wayne, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Twain, Douglas MacArthur, Alexander
Hamilton, Rush Limbaugh and others.
Pamela Clark, Executive Director of NHEG, stated, “We are excited about these new books for families
who are looking for American history resources. The books are beautifully made and tell the
stories of people who have had a notable impact on our country’s history.”
You can learn all about the Heroes of Liberty books by listening to our Christmas special podcast,
New Heights Show on Education, on Christmas Eve. You can also visit
https://heroesofliberty.com/?ref=NHEG,
and the information will be featured on
NHEG’s website
http://www.NewHeightsEducation.
org and in our magazine, the NHEG
EDGuide.
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CLAUDETTE COLVIN
Written By: Barbara Bullen
When racism rears its ugly head against you
should you take action to stop the pain you feel
of being discriminated against
the laws that aren’t right
the laws to protect only whites!
When one hears about the Civil Rights era, it immediately brings to mind activists; Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Rosa Parks and organizations like the NAACP and the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference. There are also many other leaders and activists that are in history books throughout
the United States and the World. In 1955, a teenager stood up for her rights and was arrested even before the
infamous Rosa Parks stand. Rosa Parks, who worked for the
NAACP as the secretary for the Montgomery Chapter, was arrested for not getting up from her seat for a
White man on a bus. Claudette Colvin, a Black teenager attended Booker T. Washington High School, only 15
at the time, didn’t want her constitutional rights violated even though segregation on public transit was the
law. Whites were to be seated in the front of the bus, and if there were no seats left for
Whites than Blacks had to get up from their seats at the back for Whites to be seated.
Colvin lived in troubled times; times when segregation divided the nation so that Blacks took a back seat to
the lives of Whites. Segregation was the norm and the daily lives of all who traveled the public transit until
Colvin took a stand.
In Montgomery, Alabama, Colvin is said to be a pioneer, one who led the way and helped end
segregation on public transit. When she was forcibly removed from the bus and arrested on March 2,
1955, her attorney, Fred Gray, along with four other plaintiffs filed a federal case, in Federal District Court,
February 1, 1956, Browder vs. Gayle, to challenge segregation on public transit. A three-judge panel found
the law unconstitutional which was appealed to the Supreme Court where it upheld the state court ruling,
finding the law unconstitutional.
When one hears about the Civil Rights era, it immediately brings to mind activists; Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Rosa Parks and organizations like the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. There are
also many other leaders and activists that are in history books throughout the United States and the World.
In 1955, a teenager stood up for her rights and was arrested even before the infamous Rosa Parks stand.
Rosa Parks, who worked for the NAACP as the secretary for the Montgomery Chapter, was arrested for not
getting up from her seat for a White man on a bus. Claudette Colvin, a Black teenager attended Booker T.
Washington High School, only 15 at the time, didn’t want her constitutional rights violated even though
segregation on public transit was the law. Whites were to be seated in the front of the bus, and if there were
no seats left for Whites than Blacks had to get up from their seats at the back for Whites to be seated.
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Colvin lived in troubled times; times when segregation divided the nation so that Blacks took a back seat to the lives of Whites.
Segregation was the norm and the daily lives of all who traveled the public transit until Colvin took a stand.
In Montgomery, Alabama, Colvin is said to be a pioneer, one who led the way and helped end segregation on public transit.
When she was forcibly removed from the bus and arrested on March 2, 1955, her attorney, Fred Gray, along with four other
plaintiffs filed a federal case, in Federal District Court, February 1, 1956, Browder vs. Gayle, to challenge segregation on public
transit. A three-judge panel found the law unconstitutional which was appealed to the Supreme Court where it upheld the
state court ruling, finding the law unconstitutional.
“Browder v. Gayle 142 F. Supp. 707 (M.D. Ala. 1956) Decided Jun 5, 1956 709 *709 RIVES, Circuit Judge. Statement of the Case. The
purpose of this action is to test the constitutionality of both the statutes of the State of Alabama and the ordinances of the
City of Montgomery which require the segregation of the white and colored races on the motor buses of the Montgomery City
Lines, Inc., *711 a common carrier of passengers in said City and its police jurisdiction.
1 2 711 1 Title 48, § 301(31a, b, c), Code of Alabama of 1940, as amended, which provide: “§301(31a).
Separate accommodations for white and colored races. — All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor
transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored
races, but such accommodations for the races shall be equal. All motor transportation companies or operators of vehicles
carrying passengers for hire in this state, whether intrastate or interstate passengers, shall at all times provide equal but
separate accommodations on each vehicle for the white and colored races. The conductor or agent of the motor transportation
company in charge of any vehicle is authorize and required to assign each passenger to the division of the vehicle designated
for the race to which the passenger belongs; and, if the passenger refuses to occupy the division to which he is assigned,
the conductor or agent may refuse to carry the passenger on the vehicle; and, for such refusal, neither the conductor or
agent of the motor transportation company nor the motor transportation company shall be liable in damages. Any motor
transportation company or person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense; and each day’s violation of this section shall
constitute a separate offense. The provisions of this section shall be administered and enforced by the Alabama public service
commission in the manner in which provisions of the Alabama Motor Carrier Act of 1939 are administered and enforced. (1945,
p. 731, appvd. July 6, 1945.)”
For the complete case see below:
https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Browder-v.-Gayle.pdf
According to Jonathan Gold in his article, “The Browder in Browder v. Gayle. On April 29, 1955, Aurelia Browder, like so many
other black residents of Montgomery, was mistreated on a city bus. According to her testimony in the civil case, she was
forced by the bus driver “to get up and stand to let a white man and a white lady sit down.” Three other plaintiffs, Mary Louise
Smith, Claudette Colvin and Susie McDonald, had reported similar mistreatment. The cumulative effect of these “demeaning,
wretched, intolerable impositions and conditions,” as boycott organizer Jo Ann Robinson referred to them, inspired
Montgomery’s black community to begin developing plans for a boycott that eventually began after the arrest of Rosa Park.
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For further reading:
https://www.learningforjustice.org/sites/default/files/general/TT53%20Browder%20v.%20Gayle.pdf
“Nine months after Claudette Colvin’s arrest, local activist Rosa Parks took similar action. She refused
to give up her bus seat to a white rider and got arrested. Colvin’s actions raised awareness, but
Parks’s actions set off a boycott of the Montgomery bus lines. Thousands of Black residents rode the
bus to work, often for white employers. After Parks’s arrest, though, they refused to ride for an entire
year (National Youth Summit 2020).”
https://americanhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/file-uploader/NYS%20Case%20Study%E2%80%93S
tudent%20Kit%20FINAL4.pdf
Colvin’s case unlike Rosa Parks’s “was dropped by civil rights campaigners because Colvin was
unmarried and pregnant during the proceedings.[6][7] It is now widely accepted that Colvin was not
accredited by civil rights campaigners at the time due to her circumstances. Rosa Parks stated: “If the
white press got ahold of that information, they would have [had] a field day.
The record of her arrest and adjudication of delinquency was expunged by the district court in 2021,
with the support of the district attorney for the county in which the charges were brought more than
66 years before.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin
When people, no matter their race, color or creed cannot take any more discriminatory and racist
acts towards them, their only recourse is to take action. Humanity needs people like Colvin and the
others who took a stand for their rights despite the consequences.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Written by: Barbara Bullen
Martin Luther King Jr., (Michael King Jr., 1929-1968) known internationally throughout the world as one of
the greatest mediators of all time, is honored yearly. Brought up as a Christian, he followed in his father’s
footsteps (Martin Luther King, Sr.) by becoming a Baptist Minister. A man who took it upon himself to
eradicate discrimination against blacks along with his wife, Coretta Scott King, his leaders and activists,
helped dismantle the barriers that for so long held blacks from having equal rights. The civil rights
movement which began in 1955 led to the enactment of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of
which Martin Luther King Jr. was the President. Martin’s mission was to do what ever was necessary in a nonviolent
way to dismantle discrimination, violence and oppression against blacks which included the use of
civil disobedience.
For too long, the laws protected whites in order for blacks to be subservient. He was tired and so were blacks
in the South, throughout the United States and around the world, so King participated in and led marches for
their civil rights including the right to vote, desegregation and labor rights. King was also instrumental in the
1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott which was a protest against the segregation policies of public transit.
December 5, 1955, the Monday after Rosa Parks sat in the white area of the bus and refused to give her
seat to a white person, she was arrested due to the segregation laws on public transit, only permitting
her to sit in the back of the bus. King led many nonviolent protest marches and was the key figure helping
organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered a speech that electrified the nation with his “I
have a Dream speech” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Part of his speech is listed below because the
reinforcement of what King did for the world to change the discriminatory practices and laws need to be
remembered by all.
I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH
Martin Luther King Jr
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these
truths to be self‐evident, that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former
slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice,
sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and
every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s
children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to
join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
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1964 saw the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to King for dismantling racial inequality through nonviolence. In 1965, Martin
was instrumental in organizing two marches from Selma to Montgomery in the fight for the right to vote with activists of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1968, Martin was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee when he planned a national
occupation of Washington, D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is King’s birthday which is a federal holiday signed into bill on November 3, 1983 by President Ronald
Reagan for the third Monday of each January.
Martin Luther King Day In Ohio
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY COMMISSION
“The Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission (Commission) was established in 1985 by Executive Order. Today, the
DAS Administrative Support Division provides support to the commission.
The Commission is a statewide advocate of Dr. King’s principles of nonviolence and annually honors Ohio’s citizens who work
to promote diversity and eliminate discrimination through nonviolent methods. Each year, the Commission presents awards to
Ohioans to celebrate the life of Dr. King, whose teachings encourage nonviolent actions to secure equal rights for all Americans.
The commemorative celebration is held each January in downtown Columbus.
The Commission strives to carry out Dr. King’s dream of service to others throughout the entire year through various events
(Ohio, Department of Administrative Services).”
For further information on the 37th Annual MLK Awards please go their website:
https://das.ohio.gov/Divisions/Equal-Opportunity/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Holiday-Commission
“Awards are presented in the following categories.
•Governor’s Humanitarian Award
•Individual Award
•Organization Award
•Collaborative Effort Award
•Youth: Capturing the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
King’s legacy continues throughout generations, never to be forgotten for what he did for mankind
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I’ve made countless accommodations for students who want to avoid the vaccine mandates coming into play for all students
or staff this January by making course substitutions so they can graduate, but it impacts some of their vocational
licensure which is diminishing their ability to work post graduation.”
The effect of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on the US workforce has been well-documented by my FEE colleague Jon
Miltimore, who has written about employees in various sectors quitting their jobs over these mandates. Students in
higher education programs are also quitting over the mandates, which is particularly concerning when it involves nurses-in-training
in a healthcare sector that is already grappling with severe staffing shortages.
The community college professor I interviewed, who indicated that the majority of her students are low-income and
people of color who have been generally more resistant to getting the COVID-19 vaccine, added that for all the talk
about “equity” and “access” in these higher education programs, the vaccine mandates create enormous education
hurdles. “I would love people to recognize the hypocrisy of ‘ensuring access’ at the same time they are making literal
barriers,” she told me. She added that her students are being denied religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine
mandate.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021 With all the COVID-19 mandates in place, it’s no wonder students are leaving in droves.
BY KERRY MCDONALD
Community College Enrollment Is on the Decline.
Could Vaccine Mandates Be to Blame?
This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email its students last year, and predicted losing another 2
newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry percent this fall. Instead, they’ve lost 20 percent this
McDonald brings you news and analysis on current education
and parenting topics. Click here to sign up.
academic year.
While the article acknowledges that community colleges
Public elementary and secondary schools aren’t the only have been confronting declining enrollments for the past
settings experiencing an ongoing enrollment drop this decade, it quotes one administrator in a large Arizona
academic year. Community colleges are also facing a community college system as “really surprised” by the
decline. Similar to K-12 public schools that lost students latest enrollment drop. The article speculates about
in 2020 and continue to lose them this academic year, possible reasons for the decrease, including broader economic
factors caused by the coronavirus response and
many community colleges are seeing a student retreat as
well.
the potential challenges of remote learning. But noticeably
absent from the article interpretation is the imposition
of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on students and staff
An Inside Higher Ed article this week delved deeper into
the community college enrollment decline, highlighting
in community colleges across the country.
a community college in Oregon that lost 14 percent of
As one assistant professor at a community college here in New England told me recently, asking for anonymity:
“Recently my school mandated vaccines for certain students less than a week before classes started causing confusion
and stress. Students reported feeling ‘ambushed’ and felt the administration intentionally did this last-minute so they
did not have time to make an informed decision about vaccines,” she said. “I’ve made countless accommodations for
students who want to avoid the vaccine mandates coming into play for all students or staff this January by making
course substitutions so they can graduate, but it impacts some of their vocational licensure which is diminishing their
ability to work post graduation.”
As one assistant professor at a community college here in New England told me recently, asking for anonymity:
“Recently my school mandated vaccines for certain students less than a week before classes started causing confusion
and stress. Students reported feeling ‘ambushed’ and felt the administration intentionally did this last-minute so they
did not have time to make an informed decision about vaccines,” she said. “
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The Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek warned us that the “more the state ‘plans’ the more difficult planning
becomes for the individual.” This has become increasingly apparent to Americans over the past 18 months, as COVID-
19 vaccine mandates and related government pandemic policies have disrupted individuals’ lives and livelihoods and
caused more people to rely on government dictates for direction and decision-making.
The community college students who are exiting their programs due, at least in part, to vaccine mandates, may be
leaving their higher education plans temporarily behind, but they are choosing to prioritize autonomy over coercion.
That is a lesson worth learning.
Like this story? Click here to sign up for the LiberatED newsletter and get education news and analysis like this from
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Source: National Review
https://www.nationalreview.com
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Your child has the answer. They have the same outcome they would have received had they asked an expert; they now
know why condensation forms on their cold glass. The only difference is that they got to see your process along the
way—which is an asset, not a deficit, because they’ve learned something about finding answers to their questions, a
process they will be required to repeat over and over throughout their lives.
As a parent, your ability to use your Googling skills to teach applies to entire subjects, not just one-off questions. The
most common subjects I hear parents express intimidation of are math and science; subjects they often found challenging
in school, and don’t feel qualified to teach to their children.
With abundant free resources on the internet (such as YouTube and Khan Academy), as long as you know how to find
an answer to a question—which every adult who can Google does—you can facilitate your child’s learning on any topic,
whether by finding the answers yourself or by finding resources that can do the teaching for you.
2. One of the key skills children need to develop is the ability to find answers to their own questions
The ability to find answers to questions has always been important, but it’s especially so in the information age. As
Einstein said,
“Never memorize what you can look up in books.”
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2021
BY HANNAH FRANKMAN
No, You Don’t Need to be “Qualified” to Homeschool
Your Children
Over the years, I’ve heard so many parents dismiss the
possibility of homeschooling their children because they
don’t feel “qualified.”
“I’m not a teacher.”
“I’m not good at math.”
“I wasn’t good at X in school, so I could never teach my
child that subject.”
All these assumptions stem from a fallacy about what
education is, and what makes an individual “qualified” to
be a teacher.
The fallacy: that your ability to teach relies on your
If you can do these three simple things, you’re already qualified to be a homeschooling
parent.
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expertise on the topic you’re teaching. While that may be
true for selling your teaching as a service—you wouldn’t
make a living teaching a class in a topic you don’t understand—it’s
not a prerequisite for effectively facilitating
your child’s learning.
Whether or not you hold a teaching certificate is an irrelevant
accessory to your ability to teach. To be an effective
educator, all you need to be able to do is:
• Use reference resources (like books and Google)
• Find the answers to your own questions
• Foster a sense of curiosity in your children
If you can do those things, you’re qualified to be a homeschooling
parent.
1. You don’t have to know everything. You just have to be able to find the answers to your child’s questions.
In most cases, basic Googling skills and the ability to explore with your child is all you need to teach your children
at home.
Take this as an example: your child is sitting outside in the sun drinking a cold drink, and asks you why the outside of
their cup is getting wet.
Your reaction is simultaneously intimidation (I have no idea) and interest (there might be a science lesson buried in
this).
You say, “I don’t know. Let’s figure it out.”
Five minutes and some Googling later, your child has learned about condensation, the dew point, and the effects of a
hot entity meeting a cold one.
The answer to almost any question that has been answered by man is available at your fingertips. The key to a useful
education—one that sets a child up for a lifetime of success—is not memorizing facts, but rather learning how to ask
the right questions—and then learning how to find the answers.
Einstein again: “The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to
think.”
This is true not only of college, but of education in general. If your child knows how to think, how to formulate their
curiosities into questions, and how to answer those questions, they will be able to learn anything they need to, at any
point in time, for their entire lives.
That skill transcends the value of a standardized education—because it’s a skill that can be used to learn anything covered
in a standardized education, and anything else your child will ever want to learn.
Time and again, I’ve watched homeschool children quickly catch up to and surpass their peers on a given subject or
skillset, because they understand how to adapt and learn.
When you’re working with your children to find answers to their questions, you’re implicitly helping them build this
skill, and equipping them for a lifetime of learning.
3. A child’s education is largely predicated on their natural curiosity
Children are naturally wired to learn. The next generation’s proclivity to learn is a critical part of our survival as a species,
and it’s hardwired accordingly.
Every time a child mimics an adult, play-acts the real world (like “playing store”), or asks a question, you’re watching
this natural wiring in action.
This natural proclivity to learn works to your advantage as a homeschooling parent. All you have to do is nurture it.
And homeschooling allows you to do that far more effectively than regular school does.
My first foray into teaching (right after I graduated high school) was instructing writing classes. I worked with both
homeschool and public school students, and the difference between the two was startling.
The homeschool students were curious, excited, and fun to work with. I was teaching them how to write fiction, and
they didn’t require much prompting. I gave them a challenge each week, and that was all the encouragement they
needed. I had students practically tripping over themselves each week to show me what they’d written when they
were at home in between classes.
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Take this as an example: your child is sitting outside in the sun drinking a cold drink, and asks you why the outside of
their cup is getting wet.
Your reaction is simultaneously intimidation (I have no idea) and interest (there might be a science lesson buried in
this).
You say, “I don’t know. Let’s figure it out.”
Five minutes and some Googling later, your child has learned about condensation, the dew point, and the effects of a
hot entity meeting a cold one.
Their joy in learning was alive. All I had to do was direct their natural curiosity and let them run with it.
Working with public school students was an entirely different story. I was working with the full grade range—1st grade
all the way into high school—and I saw in stark relief their natural curiosity slowly dying.
The 1st-3rd graders were hungry to learn. The 4th-6th graders required some prodding, but after some explanation and
encouragement could start to have fun. But by the time the students hit middle school, their interest in learning was
gone. Nothing I tried could make them excited. They were there because they had to be, and they were watching the
clock waiting until they could go. Learning had become a compulsory requirement, not an endeavor stemming from
desire.
School doesn’t foster curiosity; it kills it. With its rules, its rigid structure, its obsession with right and wrong answers,
and its punishments for deviating off course, it doesn’t leave any room for curiosity.
With all that unnatural structure absent, a child’s natural curiosity remains intact. And when a child is left to their own
devices and allowed to lean into their curiosity, a parent’s biggest job is helping to direct it.
Despite common belief, all of this applies to homeschooling your high schooler, too
I’ve heard countless homeschooling parents say, “I could never teach my child through high school.”
Even when someone is convinced of their ability to educate their child through elementary and middle school, high
school is considered to be a different beast.
The subject matter is more challenging, the standard requirements more complex, and the level of expertise necessary
to answer questions is significantly higher.
In spite of that, you don’t need any extra qualifications to homeschool your high schooler. If anything, the resources
available to you are even more expansive than they are for elementary-aged students.
With your child at a comprehension level to use resources like The Great Courses and Khan Academy (both of which
were staples of my own homeschooling experience), they’re able to engage with entire courses covering the subject
matter they’re expected to learn—putting less of a burden on you, not more.
And as your high schooler becomes more self-directed, they’re able to take on more and more of the impetus of
answering their own questions. As long as you’re able to support them in finding the answers they’re looking for, you’re
more than qualified to educate your child through high school—and often, high school is the most fun part of the
homeschool experience (it certainly was for me).
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021 The history of compulsory schooling laws says a lot about their true purpose.
BY KERRY MCDONALD
Compulsory Schooling Laws Under Scrutiny in Michigan
Following Deadly Tragedy
n the wake of the devastating school shooting in Oxford, about keeping the teen in school. “Probably they will
Michigan this week that claimed the lives of four teenagers
and injured seven others, state board of education McMillin, a Certified Public Accountant and former Mich-
come to that conclusion.”
member Tom McMillin called for an end to Michigan’s igan state representative who lives just 10 minutes away
compulsory schooling laws.
from Oxford, has long been in favor of eliminating compulsory
schooling laws, but this week’s tragedy prompted
“Repeal compulsory schooling laws,” McMillin announced
in a Facebook post on Thursday. “State needs to stop him to come out publicly against the statutes for the first
dictating terms of education of our kids,” he wrote.
time.
The Associated Press reports that details have emerged “Oxford highlights that the mental health of kids often
indicating that the teen shooter’s parents—who on Friday
were charged with involuntary manslaughter—met interview about his social media post. “School meetings
needs to be the total focus,” McMillin told me in an
with school officials a few hours before the massacre, but with a troubled child, parents, and administrators need
the student remained at school.
to not end with ‘we have to treat the child like all others.’
Parents should be able to get their kid out for a week, a
“Should there have been different decisions made?” said month, a year. And open all kinds of alternative options
Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald when asked of which parents can avail themselves,” he explained.
Compulsory schooling, or compulsory attendance, statutes date back to the 19th century, when Massachusetts
enacted the first law of this kind in 1852. Horace Mann, then president of the Massachusetts state board of education
who is considered to be the architect of the American public school system, was captivated by the Prussian model of
education that hinged upon compulsion and standardization. Mann imported that model to the US, where widespread
anti-immigrant sentiment in places such as Massachusetts made it easier to pass compulsory schooling laws.
Source: National Review
https://www.nationalreview.com
In the first half of the 1800s, immigrants flocked to American cities seeking a better life and fleeing famine and oppression
abroad. In 1847, for example, 37,000 Irish immigrants arrived in Boston, which at the time had a population of just
over 100,000 people.[i] These Irish, mostly Catholic immigrants challenged the dominant Anglo-Saxon Protestant mores
at the time, and were seen as threats to the social order.
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“Those now pouring in upon us, in masses of thousands upon thousands, are wholly of another kind in morals and
intellect,” lamented the Massachusetts state legislature in 1848.[ii]
This xenophobia helped to spur the introduction of compulsory schooling laws, something that advocates of universal
government schooling had been pushing for. In 1851, the editor of The Massachusetts Teacher, William Swan, articulated
the widespread contempt for the state’s Irish Catholic immigrants. He wrote:
“In too many instances the parents are unfit guardians of their own children…Nothing can operate effectually here but stringent legislation,
thoroughly carried out by an efficient police; the children must be gathered up and forced into school, and those who resist or impede
this plan, whether parents or priests, must be held accountable and punished.”
One year later, Massachusetts passed the country’s first compulsory schooling statute which mandated school attendance
under a legal threat of force. Soon, other states followed suit, with Mississippi the final holdout, passing its compulsory
schooling law in 1918.
Prior to the passage of compulsory schooling laws, education was broadly defined and diversely offered. In the 17th
century, early American colonies passed compulsory education laws that mandated cities and towns provide schools
and teachers for those parents that wanted them, but parents were not compelled to send their children to these
schools. Indeed, many of them did not. Homeschooling, apprenticeship programs for teens, and a wide assortment of
public, private, and charity schools for the poor were ubiquitous in the country’s early years. Literacy rates reflected
the success of these varied educational options, with historians estimating that three-quarters of the US population,
including slaves, was literate at the time compulsory schooling laws began to emerge.[iii]
Eliminating compulsory schooling laws would remove the state’s authority and influence over education. Parents would
be put back in charge of their children’s learning, choosing between a panoply of options supported by a bustling free
market in education. New learning models would sprout, as entrepreneurs and educators rise to meet parent demand,
free from the fetters of government oversight. Cities and towns could still be required to provide education services
to parents that want them, just as they were prior to the passage of compulsory schooling laws, but parental choice
would be paramount.
“Repealing compulsory schooling laws would enable complete and total parental education freedom to do whatever
their child needs, without one glance back at truancy officers or any state statute,” said Michigan’s McMillin. “It would
‘allow’ parents to focus on exactly what their child needs, including mental health,” he added.
An xenophobic remnant of the 19th century, compulsory schooling statutes obstruct education innovation and hamper
choice. More education officials should follow McMillin’s lead in calling for an end to these restrictive laws.
[i] David B. Tyack, The One Best System: A History of American Urban Education (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Press, 1974), 30.
[ii] Paul E. Peterson, Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2010), 26.
[iii] Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, “The Origins of Mass Public Education,” History of Education: Major Themes,
Volume II: Education in Its Social Context, ed. Roy Lowe (London: RoutledgeFlamer, 2000), 78.
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BY PETER CLARK
Compulsory Schooling Laws Under Scrutiny in Michigan
Following Deadly Tragedy
he concept of inflation (the depreciation of purchasing
power of a specific currency) applies to other goods
besides money. Inflation is related to the Law of Supply
and Demand. As the supply of a commodity increases,
the value decreases. Conversely, as the good becomes
more scarce, the value of the commodity increases. This
same concept is also applicable to tangible items such
as vintage baseball cards and rare art. These are rare
commodities that cannot be authentically replicated and
therefore command a high value on the market. On the
other hand, mass-produced rookie cards and replications
of Monet’s work are plentiful. As a result, they yield little
The Signaling Function of College Degrees
The signaling function of college degrees may have been distorted by the phenomenon
known as credential inflation.
value on the market.
Inflation and the opposite principle of deflation can also
apply to intangible goods. When looking at the job market,
this becomes quite evident. Jobs that require skills
that are rare or exceptional tend to pay higher wages.
However, there are also compensating differentials
that arise because of the risky or unattractive nature of
undesirable jobs. The higher wages are due to a lack of
workers willing to accept the position rather than the
possession of skills that are in demand.
Over the past couple of decades, credentialing of intangible employment value has become more prevalent. Credentials
can range from college degrees to professional certifications. One of the most common forms of credentialing has
become a 4-year college degree. This category of human capital documentation has evolved to take on an alternate
function.
Source: National Review
https://www.nationalreview.com
Outside of a few notable exceptions, a bachelor’s degree serves a signaling function. As George Mason economics
professor Bryan Caplan argues, the function of a college degree is primarily to signal to potential employers that a job
applicant has desirable characteristics. Earning a college degree is more of a validation process than a skill-building
process. Employers desire workers that are not only intelligent but also compliant and punctual. The premise of the
signaling model seems to be validated by the fact that many graduates are not using their degrees. In fact, in 2013;
only 27 percent of graduates had a job related to their major.
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Since bachelor’s degrees carry a significant signaling function, there have been substantial increases in the number of
job seekers possessing a 4-year degree. Retention rates for 4-year institutions reached an all-time high of 81 percent in
2017. In 1940, 4.2 million Americans were 4-year college graduates. Today, 99.5 million Americans have earned a bachelor’s
degree or higher. These numbers demonstrate the sharp increase in the number of Americans earning college
degrees.
Today, nearly 40 percent of all Americans hold a 4-year degree. Considering the vast increase in college attendance and
completion, it’s fair to question if a college degree has retained its “purchasing power” on the job market. Much of the
evidence seems to suggest that it has not.
What is Credential Inflation?
The signaling function of college degrees may have been distorted by the phenomenon known as credential inflation.
Credential inflation is nothing more than “… an increase in the education credentials required for a job.”
Many jobs that previously required no more than a high school diploma are now only accepting applicants with bachelor’s
degrees. This shift in credential preferences among employers has now made the 4-year degree the unofficial
minimum standard for educational requirements. This fact is embodied in the high rates of underemployment among
college graduates. Approximately 41 percent of all recent graduates are working jobs that do not require a college
degree. It is shocking when you consider that 17 percent of hotel clerks and 23.5 percent of amusement park attendants
hold 4-year degrees. None of these jobs have traditionally required a college degree. But due to a competitive job
market where most applicants have degrees, many recent graduates have no means of distinguishing themselves from
other potential employees. Thus, many recent graduates have no other option but to accept low-paying jobs.
The value of a college degree has gone down due to the vast increase in the number of workers who possess degrees.
This form of debasement mimics the effect of printing more money. Following the Law of Supply and Demand, the
greater the quantity of a commodity, the lower the value. The hordes of guidance counselors and parents urging kids
to attend college have certainly contributed to the problem. However, public policy has served to amplify this issue.
Various kinds of loan programs, government scholarships, and other programs have incentivized more students to
pursue college degrees. Policies that make college more accessible—proposals for “free college,” for example—also
devalue degrees. More people attending college makes degrees even more common and further depreciated.
Of course, this not to say brilliant students with aspirations of a career in STEM fields should avoid college. But for the
average student, a college degree may very well be a malinvestment and hinder their future.
Incurring large amounts of debt to work for minimum wage is not a wise decision. When faced with policies and social
pressure that have made college the norm, students should recognize that a college degree isn’t everything. If students
focused more on obtaining marketable skills than on credentials, they might find a way to stand out in a job market
flooded with degrees.
Source: National Review
https://www.nationalreview.com
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Washington Informer
by Sam P. K. Collins
July 28, 2021
HOME-SCHOOLING SURGE IN D.C. CHANGES EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/home-schooling-surge-in-d-c-changes-education-landscape/
J. Michael Smith
August 04, 2021
9TH CIRCUIT: NEWSOM VIOLATES PARENTS’ RIGHTS
A federal appeals court ruled California’s governor has no right to shut down in-person classes
for private schools. This is big news for homeschoolers, too.
https://hslda.org/post/9th-circuit-newsom-violates-parents-rights?utm_source=hslda&utm_medium=email&utm_
campaign=8-4-2021&utm_id=WU
The Spokesman-Review
by Janelle Retka
Sun., Aug. 1, 2021
INTEREST IN HOMESCHOOLING IN YAKIMA VALLEY SEES SURGE AMID
PANDEMIC
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/home-schooling-surge-in-d-c-changes-education-landscape/
Daniel Beasley, Esq.
August 04, 2021
PANDEMIC DISRUPTION MAKES COLLEGE APPLICATION PROBLEMATIC
When a homeschool graduate applied to an online college, admissions officers wanted scores
for standardized tests the student wasn’t required to take.
Yahoo News
July 30, 2021
‘LEARNING THROUGH LIFE’ -- THIS HOMESCHOOLING VIRGINIA FAMILY
SPENT 100 DAYS TOURING US
https://hslda.org/post/pandemic-disruption-makes-college-application-problematic?utm_source=hslda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8-4-2021&utm_id=WU
medium=spotim_recirculation
https://sports.yahoo.com/everyone-wants-own-metaverse-including-105410784.html?utm_source=spotim&utm_
Daniel Beasley, Esq.
August 04, 2021
PANDEMIC DISRUPTION MAKES COLLEGE APPLICATION PROBLEMATIC
When a homeschool graduate applied to an online college, admissions officers wanted scores
for standardized tests the student wasn’t required to take.
Yahoo News
July 30, 2021
‘LEARNING THROUGH LIFE’ -- THIS HOMESCHOOLING VIRGINIA FAMILY
SPENT 100 DAYS TOURING US
https://hslda.org/post/pandemic-disruption-makes-college-application-problematic?utm_source=hslda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8-4-2021&utm_id=WU
source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation
https://sports.yahoo.com/everyone-wants-own-metaverse-including-105410784.html?utm_
Steven Duvall, PhD
September 15, 2021
STUDENTS FELL BEHIND DURING PANDEMIC. HOMESCHOOLING CAN HELP
THEM CATCH UP
https://hslda.org/post/students-fell-behind-during-pandemic.-homeschooling-can-help-them-catch-up-
?utm_source=hslda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9-15-2021&utm_id=WU
FOX 9
By Kelcey Carlson
September 9, 2021
MORE FAMILIES SWITCH TO HOMESCHOOLING AMID PANDEMIC
https://www.fox9.com/news/more-families-switch-to-homeschooling-amid-pandemic
Michael Donnelly, JD, LLM
September 22, 2021
NO MORE BLUE NOTES FOR PANAMA HOMESCHOOLERS
id-19-vaccine-coronavirus-virtual-school-online-learning/5605965001/
https://hslda.org/post/no-more-blue-notes-for-panama-homeschoolers?utm_source=hslda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9-22-2021&utm_id=WU
Courier Post
By Kelly Powers
BLACK FAMILIES ARE FINDING EMPOWERMENT IN HOMESCHOOLING.
AND IT’S NOT JUST AMID COVID-19
https://eu.courierpostonline.com/story/life/2021/09/08/black-families-race-homeschooling-cov-
Daniel Beasley, Esq.
September 22, 2021
HOMESCHOOLED TEEN LEFT OFF TEAM DESPITE NEW SPORTS ACCESS LAW
https://hslda.org/post/homeschooled-teen-left-off-team-despite-new-sports-access-law?utm_
source=hslda&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9-22-2021&utm_id=WU
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GRILLED STEELHEAD TROUT RECIPE
Ingredients
• Grilled Steelhead Trout
• Recipe Summary Complexity: Easy
• Serves: 4
• Category: Fish Entrée
• Meal: other (General)
• 24 oz steelhead trout, fresh
• 2 Tb oil, olive
• 2 Tb salt, kosher
• 1 tsp pepper, fresh cracked
Directions
1. Sprinkle olive oil, salt and pepper on both sides of the trout. Have your grill very hot; place trout skin
side up. Cook for 3 minutes per side; carefully flipping.
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CHICKEN & RICE RECIPE
Ingredients
• Chicken 1.5 (breast)
• Chicken Broth-28oz.
• Rice 1.5 cups
• Celery-1 stalk/diced
• Onion-1/2 diced
• Poultry Seasoning
• Salt/1 tbsp
• Pepper/1 tbsp
• Majoram/1 tsp
• Cream of Chicken/soup
MARIE BISCUIT CAKE RECIPE
Ingredients
• Ingredients:
• 200g of butter,
• 200g of caster sugar,
• five small eggs, (beaten well)
• 250g of plain chocolate,
• About 2 cups of strong coffee,
• Two packets of plain biscuits (see
above).
Directions
1. Cook Chicken/40 minutes in broth
2. Remove/slice 1” pieces
3. Heat celery/onion/spices 15 minutes
4. Measure chicken broth left/need 2.5 cups (add water if need)
5. Broth/rice
6. add all ingredients to casserole dish bake 375* 20 minutes
Directions
1. Melt the chocolate ( I use the microwave, checking it and stirring it until it melts. You can also use a
double boiler )
2. Beat the butter with the caster sugar until light and creamy.
3. Beat in the melted chocolate and then the eggs, one at a time.
4. Dip the biscuits into the coffee
5. Use a largish dish that isn’t too shallow make layers of coffee-moistened biscuits alternating with layers
of the chocolate cream.
6. Refrigerate for at least 24 hours.
7. If you really want to be decadent, top with some fresh whipped cream!
8. Grate some chocolate curls on top.
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ZIPPY CHICKEN SALAD IN REED AVOCADO RECIPE (GLUTEN FREE)
Ingredients
STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE RECIPE (GLUTEN FREE)
Ingredients
• 1 chicken, unseasoned, roasted until the meat falls
off the bone. (OK - go to the store and buy an
unseasoned broasted chicken)
• 3 monster avocados, halved, pit removed and flesh
drizzled with fresh lemon juice
• 1 lemon, quartered1 C sweet mango chutney,
chopped
• 1/4 C celery with leaves, finely diced (about the
upper half of a medium stalk)
• 1/2 C green onions, very finely sliced (that’s about all
the white & a touch of the green of 2 green onions)
• 1/3 C mayo
• 1/4 C Miracle Whip
• 1 Tbs sweet (not hot) curry powder
• 1/4 C dried sweet cherries, chopped
• 1 Granny Smith Apple, with peel, cored and diced
• 3/4 C walnut pieces, toasted (chopped)
• 10 cranks of black pepper (about 1/4 tsp)
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 T Almond Butter
• 1/2 c milk
• 5 large strawberries, frozen
• 2 tsp xylitol sweetener
• dash of cinnamon
• 1/8 rolled oats
• 3 T whey protein powder vanilla (approx. 1 scoop)
• 2 T maca root powder
Directions
1. Combine ingredients in a blender just as strawberries are able to be blended. Serve with a spoon in a
small dish. Top with a dollop of whipped cream, fresh berries chocolate shavings, and coconut shavings.
Drizzled chocolate syrup might be nice, or little chunks of chocolate.
Directions
THE SALAD
1. After you make this, refrigerate it for at least 1 hour
or more, then go on to the avocado prep
2. Remove all the skin from the chicken and remove
all the meat from the bone
3. Roughly chop the meat and set aside in a medium
bowl
4. Into a a medium bowl, add each of the following:
5. Chop the celery
6. Slice the onion
7. Chop the cherries (if they are not already chopped)
8. Chop the chutney
9. Halve, core and dice the apple
10. Mix the above together, then add to the chopped
chicken and combine
11. In a small bowl
12. Whisk together the mayo, Miracle Whip and curry
powder
13. Add the dressing to the dry ingredients and fold
until well covered and combined
THE AVOCADO
14. You may or may not want to enlarge the pit
depression to hold more salad
15. Slice a very little bit off the bottom of the avocado
to steady it on the serving plate
16. Rub the flesh of the avocado with the lemon
slices, squeezing jiuce as you do (this keeps the
flesh bright and appealing and adds just enough
acid to the dish
https://cookeatshare.com
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