Mark on January 27th, 2010

So says former teacher Lisa Jewett in an article on the
Austin Daily Herald website announcing a orientation day at a local library:
Cindy Stevens, mother of 3, and Lisa Jewett, mother of 5, have taught their children all that they know — well, not exactly everything. But, the two women aren’t just mothers. They are teachers. [...]

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Mark on November 2nd, 2009

While homeschoolers will continue to live their lives according to their beliefs and convictions, public perception of homeschooling can make life easy or much harder.
With that in mind, NBC’s Housewives series has written homeschooling into their script. From this week’s online summary:

Reading, writing and respect: When Juanita lets a swear word fly in her school [...]

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Susan on July 31st, 2009

Jefferson County Public Schools are getting some parental feedback about school building choice.  One 5 year old’s parent ‘left the building’ to keep her daughter off the bus and very close to home.
JCPS assignment plan causing frustration for many parents WHAS11.com
Amy Ashley left JCPS offices having just filed her frustration.
“At this point I’ve already mailed [...]

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A Montgomery family sued the Elmore County Board of Education and the Alabama State Board of Education in order to keep their 2 children out of the school and have school assignments done at home.  Despite the misleading headline below, they wanted their children to remain enrolled in the public school.
Family Sues to Home School [...]

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Home-school interest grows in hard times Houston Chronicle April 27, 2009
Expense of private schools leads some to make a change

An estimated 300,000 Texas children are homeschooled, compared to the nearly 4.7 million who attend traditional public schools.

Seems like they wouldn’t have a clue how many Texas homeschoolers there are?  Texas homeschoolers don’t register or notify [...]

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