The compelling argument which high school teacher Christopher L. Doyle makes about kids and freedom suggests so. In an Education Week Commentary, Growing Up Scripted
And Losing Freedom Along the Way he suggests that few of his students think they will grow up to lead a free life. After exploring the state his students find themselves [...]
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He envisions the conference attracting 1,000 to 2,000 people from every school district as well as private, charter, home-school and faith-based schools in Kansas City to the Sprint Center. Funkhouser told students at Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley the education summit would double as an economic development confab in Kansas City.
He plans to borrow [...]
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Ohio’s educational dilemma Times-Gazette 4/30/2009
Jim Surber
Of course, parents should have the choice to home-school, or send their children to public or charter schools.
The problem, as usual, comes down to money. All property owners (and renters indirectly) in Ohio, pay for public education through real estate taxes.
The remaining cost is paid by the state, again with [...]
The Arkansas Blog, via Max Brantley and the Arkansas Times, says this about Arkansas Senator Baker, who introduced Senate Bill 842: “Baker can wave Tim Tebow’s name all he wants, but this is an issue that defies sloganeering.”
Continuing from the AB:
Sen. Gilbert Baker would never require a child to attend a public school. But he [...]
An editorial by the Bowling Green Daily News was published yesterday (February 17, 2009)
Homeschooled kids deserve the same chances
We believe that the idea of allowing homeschooled students to participate in extracurricular activities such as athletics and band has merit and deserves consideration.
A House bill filed by state Rep. Brad Montell, R-Shelbyville, would allow homeschooled students [...]
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Treating children like state property, 23 August 2008, Phoenixville News, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
In a decision being widely hailed as a victory for parental rights, a Los Angeles County court has confirmed, grudgingly, that homeschooling “is permitted under California statutes.” In so ruling, the court reversed an earlier decision that ordered the parents of “Rachel L.” [...]
The purpose of this article certainly doesn’t seem to be the hearty, “Well done! Keep up the good work!” that the title suggests, but rather a jerking-on-the-suit-sleeve hint to the Indiana legislature to clamp down on homeschoolers before the situation worsens.
Home-schoolers are producing educated students, 15 August 2008, News Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana
There are very few rules here, and [...]
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In defense of home schooling, 26 July 2008, The Times Gazette, Hillsboro, Ohio
A request was made by a local public school administrator at a recent board of education meeting that the newspaper “do” an exposé on home schooling.
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Why challenge the newspaper? We are not the home school police. Frankly, we have enough to do to [...]
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Review-’WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN’
WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling By Robert Kunzman
The book was released in August of 2009 and published by Beacon Press of Boston.
A Review by Susan Ryan, Illinois Homeschooler
In one of Robert Kunzman’s interviews with six “strongly conservative” Christian homeschooling families, a California homeschooling mom related her kids [...]
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