The calls for more accountability in our education system promise a better educational system. Yet, I have to wonder if there isn’t systemic corruption inherent in the way we choose to measure success? As homeschoolers are being pushed to be more like schools, can we challenge the measure of success for our kids? Is our goal raising kids or raising test scores?
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Illinois blogger Susan Ryan found an interesting little item, and I’m wondering if anyone is seeing similar activity in their own states?
Susan wrote:
This “guide” was written up by counsel for the IL Principals Association and was posted on Market Watch:
Homeschooling Law Resource Guide – Released by the Education Law Association
Last update: 11:04 a.m. [...]
Milton Gaither has an interesting paragraph in his review of Greg and Martine Millman’s book:
Historians and organization theorists will be very interested in the Millmans’ chapter on Homeschool Groups. It begins by connecting homeschooling to the “emergence†scholarship of John H. Holland, explaining that homeschooling is an unplanned and uncontrolled system of networks built “from [...]
