Helen on October 26th, 2005

The Valley Frontiersman: Op-Ed/Spectrum and Letters to the Editor
An interesting opinion piece addressing the recent spate of articles, letters and cartoons calling for testing and oversight of homeschoolers in Alaska, who currently enjoy one of the best homeschooling laws in the nation:
Over the last several weeks, we have heard from a variety of people over [...]

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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 23rd, 2005

I’ve admired author Daniel Pink’s writing since his first book, Free Agent Nation: How America’s New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live, appeared in 2001.
That groundbreaking book was about the growing ranks of people who work for themselves, often from their homes, and how their different and unique ways of looking at [...]

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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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