Helen on October 26th, 2005

Dallas Observer
A tip o’ the hat to Daryl Cobranchi for alerting me to this wonderful article about an unschooled young man in Texas:
About 6-foot-3 and lean, Quinn has a hairless but muscular chest revealed by a laced-up white linen shirt. (Which he made.) Around his neck is a leather strap with a long silver pendant. [...]

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Helen on October 26th, 2005

c u l t u r e k i t c h e n: [UPDATE] How dominionists and the HSLDA are using the HoNDA bill to build a christian army
Writer and cultural activist Liza Sabater takes aim at HSLDA with this post at her blog today: “As a member of several national e-mail lists for [...]

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Helen on October 25th, 2005

mediastudy.com
The link above goes to a disturbing article titled “The Food Co-op and the Hate Group,” by Michael I. Niman, adapted from ArtVoice, Oct. 20, 2005. The article is about a multinational organization known as the Twelve Tribes, which is, according to Niman, “dedicated to spreading a reactionary racist, anti-Semetic, sexist homophobic ideology.”
Oddly enough, this [...]

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Helen on October 21st, 2005

HR 3753/ S 1691-Homeschool NonDiscrimination Act 2005
In this well-written and clearly documented essay, respected homeschool activist Mary McCarthy asks an important question:
HSLDA as a quasi-government accountability entity is troubling enough but could there be another reason?
Recommended reading for anyone interested in the future of homeschooling – and this country.

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Helen on October 20th, 2005

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation – The Education Gadfly- October 20, 2005
The number of home schoolers is on the rise, thanks to the combined impacts of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Displaced residents, many grown tired of placing their children in new surroundings, have decided to take on the education burden themselves. In Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana’s southern-most, [...]

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