Helen on October 11th, 2005

Frontiersman.com

A good letter to the editor from homeschooling mom Kristen Seine. She starts out with a question:
It seems like such a reasonable request. Why shouldn’t the state mandate testing for all children, both public and home-schooled?
Click on the link above to read her good answer to the question raised.

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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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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 October 3rd, 2005

AHA Weblogs Blog
Kim Campbell reviews the weblogs of homeschoolers on the American Homeschool Association’s Weblogs Blog. Her commentaries are wonderful glimpses into what homeschoolers are blogging on the Internet, and they’ve conveniently categorized under headings such as Christian Values Homeschooling, Classical Homeschooling, Great Photos, Higher Education, Homeschool Businesses, Humorous Content, Large Family Homeschooling, Musically Inclined, [...]

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