In formal remarks at James C. Wright Middle School in Madison Wisconsin, President Obama outlined the federal government’s 4.3 billion dollar Race to the Top awards. His presentation defined “four challenges that our country has to meet for our children to outcompete workers around the world, for our economy to grow and to prosper, and [...]
Not so fast: Home schooling trumps full-day kindergarten Jun. 18, 2009 The Globe and Mail Amira Elghawaby
Research shows home-schooled kids outperform their public-school peers. So why so is there little or no financial encouragement for parents to take it on?
Seated beside a mom with coiffed hair, polished nails and an elegant suit, I listened wide-eyed [...]
Shrinking graduation numbers, loss of state funding and aging infrastructure has district officials in Princeton MN facing the changing times. As individual families we may have stepped away from public school, but we are still in the mix.
There you have it.
I caught an article by Adharanand Finn yesterday in the UK Guardian’s Mortarboard blog. Finn pointed out an August ‘o8 article [No School Like Home] about 2 authors who had followed some homeschoolers around. They discovered this :
Alan Thomas, a visiting fellow in the institute’s department of psychology and human development, and [...]
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Use of A Beka’s Christian curriculum closed Bloomfield School District’s public school (Family Home School) down.
Bloomfield board votes to close Family Home School Posted: 05/13/2009
By G. Jeff Golden
The school was funded and operated by the Bloomfield School District and was located on the campus of Naaba Ani Elementary School. It drew the ire of the [...]
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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Texas homeschoolers have been persistent.
ht to Texan Susan Frederick, on the HEM-Networking list.
Here are some articles on the recent rallies against daytime curfews in Dallas and
Bedford City that were held this past week and linked in THSC’s latest PAC news.
Opponents of daytime curfew in Bedford plan rally today Star Telegram Mar. 23, 2009
By EVA-MARIE AYALA
“We’re [...]
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The Seattle Times reports:
Parents who home-school their children have asked Washington lawmakers to exempt their registration forms from state public-disclosure laws. The Legislature appears poised to grant their request.
Two bills concerning home-schooling and public information have passed the House and on Monday quickly passed out of the Senate Education Committee.
State education officials know of [...]
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Review-’WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN’
WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling By Robert Kunzman
The book was released in August of 2009 and published by Beacon Press of Boston.
A Review by Susan Ryan, Illinois Homeschooler
In one of Robert Kunzman’s interviews with six “strongly conservative” Christian homeschooling families, a California homeschooling mom related her kids [...]
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