Carl Welser: Kohlrabi, education and bullying, 21 April 2008, Livingston Daily, Livingston, Michigan
Herewith consist the abridged minutes of the regular April meeting of the Hamburg Kohlrabi Grower’s Association. It’s important to share what other people are thinking about hot-button issues. Even eccentric people like the Grower’s.

The next item of business dealt with support for parents [...]

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via the Wild Blue Yonder blog: California welcomes new Headmaster
Professor Umbridge has pledged to stamp out all forms of homeschooling and to bring California’s troubled schools up to nineteenth century standards of discipline and performance.
“There will be no more nonsense”, Umbridge has decreed.
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It’s not news to any homeschooling parent, but Dana has a blog post about the ‘public’ view of homeschooling folks as just hanging out around the house with oodles of wasted time. I copied my favorite tactic from Dana’s list.
Respecting your time: Ten not so respectful answers
Change your answering machine message: “We’re sorry. [...]

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Valerie on November 17th, 2007

From some kind of search (there are too many to keep track of). I do remember that I wasn’t looking for public programs for home educating families.
We’re Not All Cut Out for Homeschool, Toast Floats
Polly has both optimistically and euphemistically referred to as one of our “supportive conversations about homeschooling and parenting” but to [...]

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Valerie on November 8th, 2007

Is Billy Bob Thornton writing for Secular Homeschooling Magazine? Cool.
Secular Homeschooling Magazine, The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List
6. Please stop telling us horror stories about the homeschoolers you know, know of, or think you might know who ruined their lives by homeschooling. You’re probably the same little bluebird of happiness whose hobby is running up [...]

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