Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Education Association Undermines American Values

Dear editor: Our family, including a child with autism, relies on homeschooling and non-traditional education because the outdated public school system — rather unchanged since the 1900s — fails to meet diverse needs.

July 19, 20251 min read

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Dear editor:

The Wyoming Education Association (WEA) undermines American values by opposing Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), which empower parental choice and educational freedom.

Our family, including a child with autism, relies on homeschooling and non-traditional education because the outdated public school system — rather unchanged since the 1900s — fails to meet diverse needs.

ESAs would foster competition, driving innovation in public schools, yet the WEA’s lawsuit halts this reform, prioritizing control over progress.

Having lived under a communist regime where choices were stifled, I see the WEA’s actions as eerily similar — suppressing parental freedom and enforcing conformity.

This is un-American.

Wyoming parents must reject the WEA’s efforts to limit our choices and impose a one-size-fits-all system that stifles individuality and innovation.

Mirjana M. Hall, Sheridan