A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling – 10/10/05
Our good friend Ann Zeise tackles HR 3753 and explains why it should be of concern to homeschoolers and – with her usual thoroughness – provides scores of links to primary sources:
On the 14th of September, 2005, HSLDA announced the introduction in Congress of HR 3753/SB 1691, [...]

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Helen on October 7th, 2005

A letter I sent today to The Frontiersman newspaper, published in Wasilla, Alaska:
The October 4 edition of the Frontiersman published an opinion piece by retired public school teacher Carol Lowery, headlined: “Testing of home-schoolers the right thing to do.”
The “right” thing to do? Who defines what is right and what is wrong for a child? [...]

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Helen on October 4th, 2005

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 [...]

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HR 3753/ S 1691-Homeschool NonDiscrimination Act 2005
The H.R.3753/S.1691 blog is an online source of information for people working to kill the bills — again –, and keep homeschooling from being further defined by federal legislation.
Hats off to the developers of this site!

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Helen on September 28th, 2005

O’DonnellWeb – The virtual street corner of my life, since 1995
As the lapse in posting here shows, I’ve been busy with many projects this past week, both relating to homeschooling and in real life. I haven’t been following the news about homeschooling as closely as I’d like to and usually do, and I’ve left reporting [...]

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