Amherst Times, Amherst, New York, 8 December, Off to college alone, shadowed by mental illness
For Jean, as for many teenagers coping with mental disorders, just getting through high school was an ordeal. After experimenting with home schooling, a high pressure prep school and an outdoor learning academy geared to nature activities, Jean, a bright student [...]
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Sun Star, Davao, Philippines, 9 December 2006, Our home, our school
In addition, home schooling is legal in the Philippines. Students can take validation tests, the Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) or enroll under the accredited home school programs of DepEd. Seeing the benefits of home schooling, she and Bion decided to introduce it to their kids [...]
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Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, 8 December 2006, GOP selects critic of public education
The chairman of the committee for the 2007 Legislature will be Constitution Party Rep. Rick Jore of Ronan, who wants to abolish compulsory attendance of public schools and believes federal funding for education is unconstitutional.
Jore refers to public schools as “government schools” and [...]
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What did you learn in 3rd grade?
Madison, Wisconsin’s WKOW 27 reporter, Elizabeth Hopkins, recently offered a well-balanced report on “Un-Schooling”. She talked with unschooling Mom Alison McKee who unschooled her two children who are now grown. Ms. McKee is also the author of “Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves” and “From Homeschooling to College and Work: Turning Your Homeschooling Experiences [...]
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