For this week's issue (3/14/12)

Here are the citations from Mr. Pendola's letter:

Separating School and State

Civil War in America

http://www.educationnews.org/articles/literacy-then-and-now-.html

http://parentingresourcedirectory.info/public-schools-----why-on-earth-do-we-need-them.php

http://mises.org/daily/1425#_edn7

http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/SAAL_MA.pdf

http://onmyownreading.com/about/literacy-statistics.html