Valerie on June 27th, 2008

Via Carlotta, a comprehensive home ed article that includes everything from homeschool history in the U.K., to nose-counting, to reasons for homeschooling, and of course, the Usual Questions.  It ends with angst.
A class apart, 20 June 2008, Financial Times, London, England
More fundamentally, the growth of home education is a challenge to the age-old concept of [...]

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Curricular fair is gateway to home-schooling world, 21 June 2008, DeSoto Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
Pierce said despite the misconceptions, most people aren’t home-schooling because they are escaping public schools.
“Many of them are home-schooling because they think it is the very best option for their kids,” she said. “We’re just typical families trying to have our kids [...]

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Valerie on June 17th, 2008

A mis-titled ‘man bites dog’ report about a Georgia father who will be homeschooling his daughter.
Snellville dad quits job to become at-home teacher, 17 June 2008, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia
David Kahl will soon add a new job title to his household résumé to go along with fun dad, the fix-it guy, the loving husband, [...]

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Valerie on May 20th, 2008

Families celebrate home schooling, 13 May, 2008, Community Press & Recorder, Florence, Kentucky
The group has a Web site, www.thinkathome.com, and they have a special meeting every August called a program fair, which provides information for parents new to homeschooling. In addition, every monthly meeting begins at 7 p.m., but from 6:30 to 7 pm [...]

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Valerie on May 1st, 2008

A ping-pong article. The people who homeschool support homeschooling. The experts aren’t so sure about it. Assertion then rebuttal; pick a side. Rinse and repeat.
More children going to school at home, 20 April 2008, Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
… Statewide, more than 55,000 students are home-schooled — a 34 percent increase [...]

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