Valerie on December 7th, 2007

New chance of education for Iraqi asylum seekers, 29 November 2007, IRINnews.org, New York, New York
Thousands of Iraqi asylum-seekers who were denied education as a result of the turmoil in their own country will now have a chance to finish their studies: Jordan’s government has decided to launch new education projects for asylum seekers, [...]

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Valerie on December 6th, 2007

I had hopes that this article from The Jewish Exponentwould have a novel viewpoint about homeschooling, other than ‘how to stay a part of the Jewish community.’ The writer seems to think that homeschooling families ectoplasmify into a world in which we’re fully visible, but are unable to feel the influence of everyday mortals. [...]

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Valerie on December 5th, 2007

A couple of years ago during the discussions surrounding Section 10 of the HR 3753/S 1691 legislation (the Homeschool Non-Discrimination Act of 2005), I found out that participation in the Junior ROTC program increased the likelihood that any recruit would complete the first term of enlistment. For the sakes of the homeschooled graduates who [...]

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Valerie on December 5th, 2007

Susan Ryan (usually at Corn and Oil) reports at Illinois Review on an article explaining that picking up all kids outside during the day is justified.
Daytime Freedom endangered in Lincoln
The cities and towns are doing their job for them. The schools have the names, addresses and phone numbers of truant students, but the city will [...]

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Valerie on December 4th, 2007

The Google alerts report more support for Mike Huckabee among homeschoolers, as well as Google returning many blogs with links to either videos or letters.

Considering Homeschooling
Home Educators for Mike Huckabee
One Mom

There are more, but Blogger and Blog Spot are down at the moment, so I can’t be sure of the content — or even the [...]

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