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		<title>It&#8217;s Not the Homeschooling, ctd.</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4516/its-not-the-homeschooling-ctd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters to Editors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calista Springer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stricter homeschool laws]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Homeschooler Jamie Rhodes has her Viewpoint published:

Parents choose to homeschool for a variety of reasons by Jamie Rhodes.
This is in response to the editorial, article and letters calling for stricter homeschool guidelines and laws. There are many points of view, however the general theme seems to be that public institutions offer a place where children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey! Hollywood! Leave our kids alone!</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4502/hey-hollywood-leave-our-kids-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business of homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainwashing our children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate scheme]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Puttnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From a homeschooling neighbor to the north comes a warning about corporate interests in education. Writing on agoravox.com he revisits an old post and puts current events into perspective:

“A very dark, very frightening corporate scheme is being carefully orchestrated around the world with the full and active support and cooperation of governments and public administrations.
“The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture War Bait &#8211; Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4458/culture-war-bait-redux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4458/culture-war-bait-redux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Articles About Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discouraging words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apologia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones University Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dylan Lovan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelical Christians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Coyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secular standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state education standards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On his site, the scientist Jerry Coyne, author of Why Evolution is True and quoted in the recent AP piece by Dylan Lovan, fills us in on his experiences since the AP piece ran:

For no particular reason I could fathom, I began receiving all kinds of religous loon-mail today, including denunciations of evolution, pictures of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschoolers Protest Library Closing &#8211; update</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4449/homeschoolers-protest-library-closing-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4449/homeschoolers-protest-library-closing-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool activist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[library resource]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC homeschoolers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Garner Area Homeschoolers are still at work trying to save their Southeast Regional Library in Garner, NC. They have produced a number of videos to help get the word out:

Interested in a bit edgier version of the protest video?
View more videos on the Garner Area Homeschoolers Facebook Page
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		<title>Science as Homeschool Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4411/science-as-homeschool-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4411/science-as-homeschool-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles About Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encouraging Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Lind Schmitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychology Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science geek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Science as Homeschool Culture.
Jenny Lynn schmidt writes the &#8220;Adventures in Homeschooling&#8221; blog on Psychology Today&#8217;s website. Her March post is a story about science in her homeschool:

I am exhausted. Today was Science Co-op. Science Co-op tends to wear me out, but I love it. I confess that I am an artsy-fartsy science geek posing as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Stereotyping the Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4400/stop-stereotyping-the-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letters to Editors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socialization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stereotyping homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young voices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen year-old Sarah Prater has her &#8220;web Letter&#8221; published:
I think people need to know more about home schooling because of the unfounded stereotypes that seem to label every child who is home-schooled. While some people do home school primarily because of their beliefs, special needs children or other reasons, it does not mean that all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blaming Homeschooling for Death of Child</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4360/blamin-homeschooling-for-death-of-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4360/blamin-homeschooling-for-death-of-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child deaths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Otherwise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Nicholson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graham Badman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scapegoating homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK homeschooling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A tragic death of a child, social services under fire, and homeschooling is being blamed:

UK Government&#8217;s Education Expert Blames Homeschooling for Death of Child
The British government&#8217;s lead expert on education is pointing to the tragic death of a Birmingham child, who had been taken out of school by her mother, as an illustration of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romeike Family Asylum Ctd.</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4362/romeike-family-asylum-ctd-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4362/romeike-family-asylum-ctd-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political asylum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romeike Family Asylum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Romieke family asylum case is getting more coverage.
The New York Times &#8211; Judge Grants Asylum to German Home Schoolers
&#8220;It is definitely new,&#8221; said Prof. Philip G. Schrag, the director of Georgetown Law School&#8217;s asylum law program, who added that he had never heard of such a case. &#8220;What&#8217;s novel about the argument is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Certified teacher joins homeschool world</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4351/certified-teacher-joins-homeschool-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4351/certified-teacher-joins-homeschool-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles About Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encouraging Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elementary education degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool support group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public school teacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulating homeschooling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article is a must read:

In 2006, I took the leap from public school teacher to home-school mom for my kindergarten daughter. I did what most home-school mothers do and joined a home-school group for support. To be honest, I thought I would be lending most of the support. I had the elementary education degree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts Lay Out Vision for Future Assessments</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4337/experts-lay-out-vision-for-future-assessments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4337/experts-lay-out-vision-for-future-assessments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessment systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCSSO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college and career readiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council of Chief State School Officers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple-choice tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Governors Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Education Week&#8217;s site has another piece on the future of education, this one on assessements:

Led by Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, a panel of experts outlined a comprehensive system that includes summative and formative tests of higher-order thinking skills, reflecting a marketplace that they say places increasing value on such skills.
They urged a move away [...]]]></description>
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