Pathways Christian Home School offers alternative to public education system, 26 September 2008, Jones County News, Atlanta, Georgia
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The article is about a private school that calls itself a “home school.” No, it’s not about being an “umbrella” school, or a distance-learning provider, it’s about being a school. (”Becky Hataway is the school supervisor, and [...]
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Apparently, homeschooling in Missouri has some people antsy.
Home schooling operates on ‘honor system,’ 28 September 2008, Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri
The selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the GOP vice presidential candidate has brought national attention to the issue of home schooling, which Palin has championed.
“Issue?” Homeschooling is an “issue?”
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Again, homeschooling is implicated in a decline in a school district’s enrollment. In this instance, the parents are said to be exercising their “right to school choice.” I don’t consider homeschooling to be part of the “school choice” package.
Area schools see trend of dropping enrollment, 15 September 2008, Meadville Tribune, Meadville, Pennsylvania
There are a variety of [...]
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Girdwood high school educational program cancelled, 10 August 2008, Turnagain Times, Girdwood, Alaska
An option currently available for Girdwood high school students not interested in attending a public high school in Anchorage is to enroll in a home-school program through the Anchorage School District’s Family Partnership Charter School.
1. Homeschooling ‘participation’ is decided by the family, not [...]
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The school founded by Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will popped up in the news reader reports about homeschooling.
Will and Jada Fund a New Elementary School, 29 June 2008, E! Online
Scientology is focus of flap over Will Smith’s new school, 29 June 2008, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California
New Village leases site from school [...]
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Sect children to begin home school, 2 May 2008, Corpus Christi Caller Times, Corpus Christi, Texas
The children taken from a polygamist sect staying at a Corpus Christi emergency shelter will begin home schooling today.
Delma Trejo, director of The Ark Assessment Center and Emergency Shelter for Youth, said the children will receive instruction at the [...]
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Dana, of Principled Discovery, explains some misconceptions about homeschooling at Heart of the Matter.
Common Misuses of Analogy in Homeschool Criticism, 8 May 2008, Heart of the Matter
Because education involves the development of the mind and the character, educational malpractice would have to result in injury to the mind or character. We are not talking about failing to [...]
It is hard to tell whether the reporter characterized the Idaho IDEA program as homeschooling, or if someone else had the idea.
Idaho Distance Education Academy, 27 April 2008, KPVI-TV, Pocatello, Idaho
A new type of home-schooling is growing in popularity here in Idaho.
The Idaho Distance Education Academy, or IDEA, offers home-schooled students with public school services [...]
OK, so I’m trying to make heads or tails of the forum post an online friend found in which one commenter has confused public-school-at-home with homeschooling and is railing about homeschooling being a scam and a money-pit for taxpayers. After two days the blog post I’m working on still sounds as if it was written by [...]
“Home schooling is a well-known and established means of education”
That quote in the header was from a Cook County (Chicago) Circuit Court summary judgment in favor of the Chicago Virtual Charter School (CVCS). Why were they talking about homeschooling in a virtual school judgment? This week, the Chicago Teachers Union lawsuit claiming Chicago Public School/IL State Board of Education authorization illegalities was [...]
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