Homeschoolers compete in a lot of different kinds of contests:
From the Lincoln County Record, Pioche, NV – Established September 12, 1870
Panaca’s Cookie Crumb Trail Contest
By Angela Musser
The Christmas Tree Ornament Contest for Panaca’s Town Tree is now open to public and home school students.
Argus Leader – Sioux Falls, SD
Home-school team wins annual quiz bowl
For the [...]
If you are concerned about homeschooling your kids you can find encouragement in this story from The Ukiah Daily Journal:
Mathematics, Meyer Style
By Carole Brodsky
Ukiahan making waves in academia and cyberspace
For the Daily Journal
Holiday shoppers can thank Dan Meyer and his Ukiah High instructors for helping them shave precious minutes off their waiting time in crowded [...]
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In Different Perspectives: The Daily Illini Opinion Blogs, homeschooler turned college student, Colleen Lindsay addresses longer school hours, improved test scores and the lives of our children.
Lagging far behind the rest of the world academically, American schools have been struggling to catch up. Now, we take action!
The proposed solution is longer hours of schooling per [...]
According to the suit, the search interrupted eight small children in the middle of a home-schooling lesson.
The Stowers have eight children with the oldest serving in Iraq and the rest living at home, the suit says. A daughter-in-law and three grandchildren also live there.
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University of MN basketball guard: Off Topic
The Minnesota Daily interviewed University of MN’s Junior basketball guard, Brittany McCoy.
She was homeschooled until high school and talks a bit about her parents’ decision to homeschool. Many homeschoolers can relate to the periodic checking in of the educational choice.
OFF TOPIC with Brittany McCoy 12/6/2008
BM: Well it’s kind of a funny story, it was [...]
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