Helen Hegener on February 23rd, 2010

Linda Dobson at Parent at the Helm, “PA School Spycam Case: Computers Rigged to Spy; Protocol Ignored”:
And yet again, I implore you to share this information with all parents, regardless of where their children go to school or how they are educated. …while this appears to be an isolated incident, I don’t for one moment [...]

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Helen Hegener on February 22nd, 2010

News item:
“A Philadelphia-area school official confronted a student with photographic evidence that he was doing bad things at home. She got her evidence by activating the webcam on the laptop in his house, a lawsuit claims.
“Lower Merion School District officials are spying on students and their families inside their homes with Web cameras installed in [...]

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Summer breaks are different for home school families The News-Enterprise
By KELLY R. CANTRALL
Ingalls began home schooling her children because of her husband’s job in the military, which necessitated several moves for the family, she said. The accommodating nature of home schooling made the moves easier, including this past school year, when the Ingalls thought they [...]

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Helen Hegener on May 7th, 2009

If you wipe away the blustering, overblown, over-hyped, over-indignant carrying-on by newshounds hunting a story with no expense spared, there’s a case unfolding in North Carolina which carries plenty of legitimate reason for concern. The bare bones of the situation surrounding 16-year-old homeschooler Ashton Lundby…

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Helen Hegener on January 19th, 2009

If you’re looking for resources for Inaguration Day check out the great posts by Kathy Kidd-Wuest at the HEM Networking discussion group. From Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech to the National Geographic’s photo gallery to live streaming sites, Kathy shares some terrific links and resources for this historic event!

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