Valerie on December 30th, 2006

Mary McCarthy posted the following on HEM-Networking in response to a request from another list member that homeschoolers of all persuasions make themselves known, as homeschoolers, to their elected representatives.
HOMESCHOOLING DIVERSITY PROJECT 2007
For too many years, the homeschooling community has stood by and allowed the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) to politicize how families [...]

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Valerie on December 30th, 2006

On the email discussion list HEM-Networking, a list member posted a link to an article in German by Thomas Spiegler, a post-graduate student at the University of Marburg in Germany.
Philipps-Universitt Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Bildung zu Hause (Education at Home) (translation sites)
Inspired by this new (to me) researcher, I Googled Herr Spiegler’s [...]

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Valerie on December 29th, 2006

I can’t tell whether to blog this article as a sports article, a homeschool article, as social commentary, or as a religious piece.
Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 12 December 2006, Pride for the home team
The North Metro Blazers are an up-tempo, high-scoring, winning basketball team. And all the players are home-schooled.
Sports:
Last season, the Blazers played [...]

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Mary on December 28th, 2006

A recent headline in the Ohio Dayton Daily News states, “Home schoolers say religion main drive for teaching kids themselves”. (you must register to access this article. Once registered the link will work)
The article offers an explanation of some of the state requirements for Home Education and also explains the headline here:

“Local [...]

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Mary on December 26th, 2006

The 52nd Carnival of Homeschooling can be accessed here.
posted by Mary

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Mary on December 24th, 2006

Last week I was on my way out of a Dr.’s office and I was surprised to hear Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN Health Channel talking about the importance of unstructured learning for children. He also mentioned Christopher Paolini so I visited the CNN Health Channel to try and find [...]

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Sandi on December 21st, 2006

From an article in the Seattle Post Intelligenger about Seattle Public School’s “Homeschool Resource Center” :

Homeschool-public school bonds growing:
More parents are supplementing lessons at home by embracing public school partnerships

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296689_homeschool21.html
The author writes:
“In the two decades since Washington families successfully fought for the right to teach their children themselves, thousands of kids have [...]

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Mary on December 19th, 2006

Education Week has published an article about unschooling, ‘Unschooling’ Stresses Curiosity More Than Traditional Academic by Michelle R. Davis. You may have to have a membership to sign in (it is free) to read the December 20th report, but it is worth taking the time to register.
Ms. Davis first tells us about [...]

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Mary on December 19th, 2006

Is being hosted by Principled Discovery here.
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Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida, 11 December 2006, Board is seldom involved
Its description of the accountability process, however, was at best unclear and potentially misleading. Readers were told that home-schooling programs are assessed annually by the local school district, which reviews the portfolio and evaluates the children’s performance on standardized tests.
In fact, parents complying with the [...]

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