The State Press, an independent daily serving Arizona State University, reports news for homeschoolers thinking about higher education at in Arizona:
Without a guidance counselor or advisor to assist them, college-bound home-schooled students rely heavily on personal research for scholarship information.
A new measure in the Arizona Legislature is attempting to lend those students a helping hand.
Senate [...]
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The Associated Press has picked up on an abuse case involving “home-schooling”:
PHOENIX — Authorities say a grand jury has indicted a Phoenix couple on child abuse charges involving their 14-year-old daughter.
Police say the malnourished girl was locked in a bathroom without running water for two months, beaten with metal rods and forced to exercise until [...]
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I had missed this story from back in January. It comes from Stories From School, Practice meets Policy
Several years ago my principal and I spent a lunch hour on a home visit to see one of my students. He had been absent for a week, after telling us that he was going to be homeschooled.
This [...]
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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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