Nothing directly impacting homeschoolers yet, but.. But what really?
There are powerful forces at play with a vested interest in the institution of education. Couple calls for legislative reform with the common standards initiative, mix it up with the mad dash for the money, and homeschoolers can not afford to ignore these reforms, panic about them, [...]
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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 [...]
This disturbing piece is from May 2001 and re-published yesterday online. Counts don’t add up, by Lucy Hood, Edmund S. Tijerina and Sharon K. Hughes. Some excerpts:
To assess the extent of the dropout problem, the newspaper last fall began to track the 1,053 freshmen who enrolled at Holmes in the 1997-98 school year. Holmes was [...]
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In an article titled If School Is Cool, We Win, Author John Lewis takes us through his family’s first day of the school year through their approach to homeschooling. A few enlightening takes on the usual questions. Why we homeschool:
My wife Anne and I have been homeschooling our children for the past two years. [...]
Found an an interesting response to a column titled “Even Government Envious Of Homeschooling Success” on The Clarion Ledger website by former State Superintendent, Richard A. Boyd.
Matt Friedeman’s column (”Even government envious of homeschooling success,” Aug. 30) praised the success of students who are homeschooled on academic tests, and went on to point out [...]
This article on The Greenville News’ site points to the economy as a reasons for an increasing number of families choosing to homeschool.
With 345 students enrolled this school year, the Upstate Homeschool Co-op has seen its numbers swell dramatically since it first began as a small study group in Suzanne Brown’s Taylors home for her [...]
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From home schooling to ‘unschooling’
By Joe Burris of the Baltimore Sun
If most [people] think back to their own school experiences, how much of the information you were expected to learn do you know today?” added Conner, an unschooling parent. “We cannot know beyond the shadow of a doubt precisely what our children will need when [...]
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Clemson home-school mom resigns as chairman of state Board of Education
Ron Barnett September 2, 2009 Greenville Online
Kristin Maguire, a Clemson home-school mom who became chairman of the state Board of Education in January, has resigned from the board, ending a nine-year tenure. Advertisement
She sent a letter to Gov. Mark Sanford, who appointed her, and to [...]
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Homeschooler Going Mainstream
An AP piece about the race for South Carolina’s State Superintendent of Education was picked up by a number of outlets.
From Education Week (requires registration):
Homeschooling Parent Enters S.C. Schools Chief Race
Columbia, S.C.
A small business owner who home-schools her children said Thursday she’s running to be South Carolina’s education superintendent.
Elizabeth Moffly of Awendaw is entering [...]
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