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		<title>Education Research</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3903/education-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debra Viadero]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to say exactly what the direct effect on homeschooling the current push for more school data will have but the organizational power and money behind the effort says all parents should watch closely. An article published by Education Week gives us a look into the workings and thinking of eductional research: 

New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race to the Top</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3882/race-to-the-top/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In formal remarks at James C. Wright Middle School in Madison Wisconsin, President Obama outlined the federal government&#8217;s 4.3 billion dollar Race to the Top awards. His presentation defined &#8220;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questioning the Wisdom of New, Common Tests</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3874/questioning-wisdom-of-new-common-tests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3874/questioning-wisdom-of-new-common-tests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a Letter to the editor published online and in print, Maryann Klaus, with 40 years experience as &#8220;teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent&#8221; 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 [...]]]></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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		<title>Home School Regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3768/home-school-regulations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Hegener</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Mainstream</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3550/going-mainstream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3550/going-mainstream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles About Homeschooling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought this article below was interesting, in that it came from business media in Dubai.  But the piece covered a Maryland homeschooling family, and the usual (not necessarily accurate) rendition of  modern homeschool history.
Homeschooling goes from fringe to mainstream in US
Emirates Business 24/7 &#8211;  June 25, 2009
At the height of the hippy culture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closer monitioring of homeschoolers in the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3449/closer-monitioring-of-homeschoolers-in-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3449/closer-monitioring-of-homeschoolers-in-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Year-Round School</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3433/year-round-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3433/year-round-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Kingdom Home Education: &#8220;Astonishingly efficient&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3413/united-kingdom-home-education-astonishingly-efficient/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3413/united-kingdom-home-education-astonishingly-efficient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There you have it.
I caught an article by Adharanand Finn yesterday in the UK Guardian&#8217;s Mortarboard blog.  Finn pointed out an August &#8216;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&#8217;s department of psychology and human development, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschoolers &#8220;Take Profound Shift in Demographics&#8221;&#8230;.again</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3388/homeschoolers-take-profound-shift-in-demographicsagain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3388/homeschoolers-take-profound-shift-in-demographicsagain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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