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	<description>Exploring homeschooling issues, ideas, and more</description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not the Homeschooling, ctd.</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4516/its-not-the-homeschooling-ctd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to Editors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calista Springer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children with special needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Pearl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stricter homeschool laws]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Homeschooler Jamie Rhodes has her Viewpoint published:

Parents choose to homeschool for a variety of reasons by Jamie Rhodes.
This is in response to the editorial, article and letters calling for stricter homeschool guidelines and laws. There are many points of view, however the general theme seems to be that public institutions offer a place where children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short-term Homeschooling: Why Bother?</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4524/short-term-homeschooling-why-bother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to Homeschool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Brodie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love in a Time of Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reason to homeschool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short-term homeschooling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Psychology Today blogger, Laura Brodie, decided to give her daughter a break from the school routine:
Many lifelong homeschoolers will wince at the thought of short-term ventures. For them, homeschooling is a way of life, not a year off. The potential benefits of home education (strong family ties, increased academic achievement) develop gradually over time, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WA State&#8217;s Parent-Partner Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4514/wa-states-parent-partner-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4514/wa-states-parent-partner-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Distinctiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recapturing Homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative education program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling distinctiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public school programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA homeschooling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Homeschooling is distinct from a &#8216;parent-partner program&#8217; described in, Vashon&#8217;s alternative education program offers families support. The difference is hard to tell from the article, except on this point:

Data on Vashon’s homeschooling population is hard to come by, in part because some homeschooling families who aren’t a part of FamilyLink aren’t documented and because parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not the Homeschooling</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4507/its-not-the-homeschooling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4507/its-not-the-homeschooling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to Homeschool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indictment of homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature of kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schools and kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Su Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tape Flags and First Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing on her blog, Tape Flags and First Thoughts, Su Penn explores, the nature of kids, school and us adult humans: 

This morning I was thinking about a long note I wrote on Facebook a few months ago, about how we homeschool. When I posted it, I knew that there would be at least a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey! Hollywood! Leave our kids alone!</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4502/hey-hollywood-leave-our-kids-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4502/hey-hollywood-leave-our-kids-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business of homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainwashing our children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporations in eudcation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Puttnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From a homeschooling neighbor to the north comes a warning about corporate interests in education. Writing on agoravox.com he revisits an old post and puts current events into perspective:

“A very dark, very frightening corporate scheme is being carefully orchestrated around the world with the full and active support and cooperation of governments and public administrations.
“The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lacking Accountability, Doing Just Fine</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4493/lacking-accountability-doing-just-fine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4493/lacking-accountability-doing-just-fine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encouraging Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity and imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experienced voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school teacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sidney Trubowitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test scores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workbook exercises]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of more chiding because I find encouraging words from a teacher &#8211; who may belong to a union &#8211; I am suggesting you read Lacking Accountability, Doing Just Fine, A Teacher&#8217;s First Classroom&#8211;50 Years Ago, by Sidney Trubowitz.

[The] persistent soundings about accountability and test results have caused me to look back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Around, and around they go&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4478/around-and-around-they-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4478/around-and-around-they-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common norms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Ravitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Hess]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Education Week blogger Rick Hess writes about the latest round of education reform and where the players are in their thinking &#8211; now:
Why Diane and Duncan Are Making the Same Mistake.
Diane [Ravitch] is now making the same mistake, in reverse, that she and so many school choice and accountability enthusiasts made in the 1990s (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschool Stereotypes</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4484/homeschool-stereotypes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4484/homeschool-stereotypes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stereotypes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling stereotypes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Idaho Dad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Idaho Dad:

Over the years, we’ve heard all the negative homeschool stereotypes. You know, like we’re just a bunch of anti-social gun nuts teaching our children that the Earth is 6,000 years old and the President is a Muslim communist.
Okay, so that may actually be true of a few homeschoolers I know, but it’s just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stereotype Buster</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4461/stereotype-buster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4461/stereotype-buster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encouraging Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children and learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool moms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool stereotypes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misty Krasawski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stereotyping homeschoolers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stereotypes are easier to find than people looking for balance and understanding. From
Misty Krasawski&#8217;s article, 1 Corinthians 13 for Homeschool Moms:

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and my formal dining room gets turned into a schoolroom and our family vacations look more like educational fieldtrips, and if I surrender my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture War Bait &#8211; Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4458/culture-war-bait-redux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4458/culture-war-bait-redux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Articles About Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discouraging words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apologia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones University Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dylan Lovan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelical Christians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Coyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secular standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state education standards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On his site, the scientist Jerry Coyne, author of Why Evolution is True and quoted in the recent AP piece by Dylan Lovan, fills us in on his experiences since the AP piece ran:

For no particular reason I could fathom, I began receiving all kinds of religous loon-mail today, including denunciations of evolution, pictures of [...]]]></description>
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