Another sickening case of abuse, this time in the local news in California:
[E]vidence suggests the girl who died was being disciplined “for hours” last Friday in the parent’s bedroom for mispronouncing a word during a home-school reading lesson.
When police searched the family’s Crestwood Drive residence, they took a photograph of a 15-inch length of tubing [...]
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I had missed this story from back in January. It comes from Stories From School, Practice meets Policy
Several years ago my principal and I spent a lunch hour on a home visit to see one of my students. He had been absent for a week, after telling us that he was going to be homeschooled.
This [...]
This article from Wenatchee WA about school funding uses the term ‘homeschool’ very loosely.
The enrollment war is troublesome for districts trying to plan their yearly budgets. Methow Valley School District started the year with a $60,000 deficit because 15 homeschool families unexpectedly transferred out, said Superintendent Mark Wenzel.
The school district offered its homeschool students [...]
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Given the number of self-described Christians looking for “homeschool information” who query HEM about our “religious slant,” this post from The Thinking Mother blog highlights an issue for more families than one might initially think.
Today I received an email notice for an upcoming Christian homeschool conference. I’ll not be attending that conference, I did once [...]
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In an article on Mercurynews.com, HP executive escapes from Silicon Valley, we read about the May family’s travels which includes homeschooling on the road:
“We sort of jumped into it without thinking about it too much,” says Philip May, 47. He’s on the phone from the Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort, a few miles from the [...]
