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		<title>Homeschooling in the Immigration Debate</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4441/homeschooling-in-the-immigration-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4441/homeschooling-in-the-immigration-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mixing Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The editorial, &#8220;Home school &#8211; The Europeans don&#8217;t like it,&#8221; on the Las Vegas Review-Journal nudges the Romeike family&#8217;s asylum into immigration reform territory.
Immigration has long been a wedge issue and the any reform effort is assured to be hotly debated, with rounds and rounds of emotional pleas by those on all sides. And, now [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[elementary education degree]]></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>Questioning College Degrees</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4314/questioning-college-degrees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4314/questioning-college-degrees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[college degree]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[making a living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramesh Ponnuru]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a thought provoking piece on Time&#8217;s web site, writer Ramesh Ponnuru questions conventional thinking surrounding college:

People with college degrees make a lot more than people without them, and that difference has been growing. But does that mean that we should help more kids go to college — or that we should make it easier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zombie Zealots Coming of Age</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4318/zombie-zealots-coming-of-age/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4318/zombie-zealots-coming-of-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture wars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Farris]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zombie Zealots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There were a number of ways to view this piece in the Falls Church News-Press Online, but the view of homeschoolers and the homeschool movement is chilling:

It appears America&#8217;s religious fanatics are modeling their efforts on the success of radical Islamists in the Middle East, who reversed the trend of secularization in the region by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legitimate Homeschool Socialization Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4176/legitimate-homeschool-socialization-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4176/legitimate-homeschool-socialization-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Writers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate power in education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Russel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who owns the children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing on Suite 101, Lisa Russel explores the question, Is Homeschooling the Gateway to an Anti Establishment Population?

Some Homeschool families have little trust for government schools and corporate propaganda. Is this a bad thing? Are homeschoolers raising anarchists or whistle-blowers?
In a culture that values faith-in-leadership and subservience to authority, homeschooling as a social issue tends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standardized Tests</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3912/standardized-tests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3912/standardized-tests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News-Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race to the Top]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition in education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equal opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Goldberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature of education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lamaron]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The title of an article from December caught my eye, &#8220;Race to the Top&#8221; a short run to failure. But the subtitle piqued my interest, Obama&#8217;s new education plan is inherently flawed in its ignorance of reality and the factors influencing the lackluster performance of our schools.
So, food for thought on standardized tests from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tough Read</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3955/a-tough-read/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3955/a-tough-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broad base of support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counter cultural movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family values]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karla Fetrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-homeschooling agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulating homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Separation of Church and State]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found an article which addressed homeschooling, and it was a bit of a shocker:

The Corporate Sovereignty of Home School Education
Home-schooling; the wave of the future; the practical design that allows you to prepare your child&#8217;s education within the modern world by the standards long cherished and protected as family values.  Taken up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misdirected Angst</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3924/misdirected-angst/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3924/misdirected-angst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelical politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedoms to homeschool]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homeschool Freedoms At Risk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[individual rights and responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protecting homeschooling freedoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robin West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized test scores]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While I was away from this blog, an article by Robin West was found and quickly drew the attention of homeschoolers.
I have read Robin West&#8217;s piece and found it has no credibility in the big picture, much less the nuance of homeschooling&#8217;s history and issues. While unpacking her piece in detail might be a worthwhile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Teachers and Homeschoolers be Allies?</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3857/can-teachers-homeschoolers-be-allies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3857/can-teachers-homeschoolers-be-allies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher L. Doyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growing Up Scripted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool allies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lead a free life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review-&#8217;WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3774/review-write-these-laws-on-your-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3774/review-write-these-laws-on-your-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s interviews with six &#8220;strongly conservative&#8221; Christian homeschooling families, a California homeschooling mom related her kids [...]]]></description>
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