Valerie on July 3rd, 2008

I wondered why no one else had picked up this article from Newsweek … and then I looked at the date.
Jul 2 (1 day ago)
Google News Alert for: “home-schooler”
Home Schooling: More Than A Million Kids And Growing: Can It Work … Newsweek – USA “”Today almost everyone knows a home schooler, so it’s more socially [...]

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Valerie on June 27th, 2008

Who’s gonna watch the monkeys, if the teacher’s out?
So asks “Mom.”
Abuse?, 24 June 2008, Mom is Teaching
I say that parents be required to have certifications before attempting to parent thier children unsupervised during the long summer vacation. They should also be required to report back to the professional teachers during the vacation months to make [...]

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I caught a glimpse of this somewhere else the other day (too many articles, too little time), and now I’m catching up with the news alert backlog. 
The op/ed is a scathing take on the point of view that homeschooling must be regulated.
Drooling Home-Schooling Ruling, 18 June 2008, River Cities Reader, Davenport, Iowa
“Cindy Kayshan of the Sacramento BeeEss. [...]

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Valerie on June 4th, 2008

This guest post by MaryAnna Cashmore at Tammy Takahashi’s Just Enough and Nothing More can be filed in the ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ folder.  Click over to the site to get an explanation of all the contradictions.
Are YOU a Stereotypical Homeschooler?, Just Enough, and Nothing More
Homeschooling has been in the news a lot [...]

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Valerie on June 2nd, 2008

I’ve heard of families having a homeschool name, but I never considered a mascot.  Sounds kind of fun.
Do homeschoolers have mascots?, Why Homeschool
I got to wondering, are there homeschoolers who have a school mascot?
 

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