Reports: Home school trend on the rise in N.C.
By Brock Letchworth The Daily Reflector August 05, 2009
State reports indicate that more parents are placing their kids in home schools, and some officials don’t think the trend will end soon.
The annual statistical report released earlier this week by the North Carolina Division of Non-Public Education [...]
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A new pilot charter school has been approved in Indiana. “The home-school effect” came up in the Journal Gazette, just as it often does in much of this educational trend’s media coverage, potential vendors’ marketing points, along with many legislators’ concerns.
Charter schools set for online trial run The Journal Gazette
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State council approves plan for home-school grads to get student aid The Virginian-Pilot
By Denise Watson Batts
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia approved new criteria Tuesday that will allow home-schooled graduates to qualify for state financial aid that they were previously barred from receiving.
More below on the Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers‘ February legislative updates [...]
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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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South Carolina Homeschooler Resigns from State Board of Education
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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