Frontiersman Op-Ed: “No good reason to duck accountability”
 Alaska has been the focus of plenty of homeschooling news over the past several weeks, as critics of what most homeschoolers acknowledge as one of the best homeschooling laws in the nation have taken aim and fired articles, letters, cartoons, and opinion pieces to two of the most [...]
Anchorage Daily News
I’ve already written to the author of this article, sending links to several informative sites and explaining that the first eight words of her article comprise an oxymoron:
Home-school students enrolled in Alaska correspondence programs get state money to help pay for their supplies but can’t spend it on religious materials.
Some people think that [...]
Continue reading about Alaska: Home-schoolers seek religious texts
AFT – Hot Topics – Charter Schools
Interesting perspective from the American Federation of Teachers:
Today, more than 2,100 schools, serving over 500,000 students, are operating in 37 states and the District of Columbia. In many instances, the original notion of teachers as innovators and education entrepreneurs to advance learning has been transformed into a rhetoric of [...]
Home Education & Other Stuff » NRO ON ID
In the midst of an ongoing discussion about science and other stuff, HEM blogger Daryl wrote:
“…what is and isn’t science is not up to a popular vote. Scientists always have and always will determine what is and isn’t accepted science. Deal with it.”
It occured to me that [...]
News and Commentary: Alaskan strings ensnarl home educating families
HEM News & Commentary blogger Valerie Moon reports on a situation in Alaska that should help homeschoolers in other states understand why so many have voiced serious concerns about the direction in which cyber and charter schools are pushing families:
The author of the article went on to [...]
