The title and subtitle tells us what the article is about.
Online High Schools Test Students’ Social Skills
As Digital Learning Programs Grow, Educators Hope to Prevent Teens From Feeling Isolated
Online high schools are growing more popular. Roughly 100,000 of the 12 million high-school-age students in the U.S. attend 438 online schools full-time, up from 30,000 five [...]
An article in The Kansas City Star by Tim Engle is worthy of note and a thank you too. Engle starts his story, Virtual kids: Actually they’re real, but they go to school online describing the school day of eleventh-grader Philip Marten.
Marten’s second-hour class is orchestra. But first hour, third hour, fourth hour and [...]
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The off-handedness of the “home-school” reference in this AP piece on the New Jersey’s gubernatorial race caught my eye. More promises that increasing educational standards will lead to a quality education and a “home-school program” is in the mix.
A twist in education stances in NJ governor’s race
CAMDEN, N.J. – As it usually does, education is [...]
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This short piece, headlined by the latest NCES study, turns out to be an interesting read. While the NCES study is pointed to, this article steps well beyond the norm of the reporting I have seen so far. In it the complex and changing reasons families choose to homeschool is highlighted, anecdotal evidence on the [...]
A Montgomery family sued the Elmore County Board of Education and the Alabama State Board of Education in order to keep their 2 children out of the school and have school assignments done at home. Despite the misleading headline below, they wanted their children to remain enrolled in the public school.
Family Sues to Home School [...]
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Ohio’s educational dilemma Times-Gazette 4/30/2009
Jim Surber
Of course, parents should have the choice to home-school, or send their children to public or charter schools.
The problem, as usual, comes down to money. All property owners (and renters indirectly) in Ohio, pay for public education through real estate taxes.
The remaining cost is paid by the state, again with [...]
Despite the title, this commentary linked below is actually about finding “a new way” via a public virtual school. (I did find the Oregon article through a “home-school” news search.)
Tired of public schools? Do something about it West Linn Tidings Apr 23, 2009
By Margaret Groves
Believe me, this is not utopia. This is a tuition-free, online [...]
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Rose Fernandez is the past president of the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families. She is now running for the job of WI’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Experienced Educator, Newcomer Battle for Wis. Post Education Week Published Online: March 30, 2009 By The Associated Press
Fernandez never worked in a school. She spent her career as [...]
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Indiana-”The Home-School Effect”
A new pilot charter school has been approved in Indiana. “The home-school effect” came up in the Journal Gazette, just as it often does in much of this educational trend’s media coverage, potential vendors’ marketing points, along with many legislators’ concerns.
Charter schools set for online trial run The Journal Gazette
by Niki Kelly Published: [...]
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