In formal remarks at James C. Wright Middle School in Madison Wisconsin, President Obama outlined the federal government’s 4.3 billion dollar Race to the Top awards. His presentation defined “four challenges that our country has to meet for our children to outcompete workers around the world, for our economy to grow and to prosper, and [...]
In a Letter to the editor published online and in print, Maryann Klaus, with 40 years experience as “teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent” questions testing:
Why, when all of the research points to gains made by a focus on teaching and learning, formative assessment, teacher collaboration, and strong leadership, is the government looking to increasingly restrictive [...]
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Three Smart Rules for Home School Regulation, by Jay Mathews, an education columnist for The Washington Post, is an article homeschool advocates should read, as it presages an attitude which we’ll likely be seeing more of in the coming weeks and months:
Homeschooling is the sleeping giant of the American education system. There are at least [...]
Children’s Minister Delyth Morgan has accepted in full the recommendations of Graham Badman’s Review of Elective Home Education in England. Badman calls for more study and closer monitoring of homeschoolers in the UK.
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A Sunday WA Post article suggests, for best results, modify the traditional school calendar and do away with summer vacations. The author argues kids love it.
Far from grousing about missing out on the months-long summer break that will start in a few weeks, my kids love year-round school. My daughter had no idea that she [...]
There you have it.
I caught an article by Adharanand Finn yesterday in the UK Guardian’s Mortarboard blog. Finn pointed out an August ‘o8 article [No School Like Home] about 2 authors who had followed some homeschoolers around. They discovered this :
Alan Thomas, a visiting fellow in the institute’s department of psychology and human development, and [...]
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Who are and where are homeschoolers? Who should care?
New homeschoolers would likely want to find a support network, along with encouragement from other homeschoolers. Families looking at homeschooling as a way out of the public or private school building would also be looking for state and local resources. Homeschoolers tend to know [...]
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The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act was signed today by President Obama. Whether this is the slippery slope to re-education camps for young people or will make an enormous difference to our communities remains to be seen.
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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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