Our old friend and ex-HEM blogger Daryl Cobranchi gave me a heads-up on this opinion piece by USA Today founder Al Neuharth, who writes: “My concern about our educational system is for those who aren’t part of it — these home-schooled:
* An estimated 1.7 million to 2.5 million will be taught at home by a [...]
Alaska: Anchorage Daily News letters
Last week, in a post titled Alaska’s Law Challenged, I shared the letter I’d written to our state’s largest newspaper in response to a letter calling for changing Alaska’s homeschooling law.
I was pleased and surprised earlier this week to receive a nice email note from Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor, Loren Leman, [...]
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 [...]
Selections from Escape from Childhood
Young people should have the right to control and direct their own learning, that is, to decide what they want to learn, and when, where, how, how much, how fast, and with what help they want to learn it. To be still more specific, I want them to have the right [...]
HEM July-August 2005 – Interview with Deborah Stevenson
Judy Aron interviewed Deborah Stevenson, Executive Director of National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD), for the July/August issue of HEM:
Judy: What is the biggest threat to parents nationwide?
Deborah: NHELD believes the biggest threat to parents nationwide is the lack of accurate information. If citizens are not informed about [...]
