Naperville area homeschoolers negotiated with school authorities, and common sense prevailed. A potential district policy revision demanding that a “district-approved external accrediting agency” certified any homeschool credits and grades transferred onto a public high school transcript was dropped.
The Naperville Sun reports this news from Indian Prairie School District 204’s school board meeting:
D204 compromises on [...]
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What is a “typical homeschooler”?
Getting out of the house Homeschooled students adjust to learning with 40K classmates
The State News Published: April 19, 2009
By Jacob Carpenter
In each of the past five years, fewer than 30 homeschooled students have applied to MSU. Each of those years, no more than 10 have enrolled, a surprisingly low number [...]
The Texas Trinity Valley Community College Board of Trustees approved a Memorandum of Understanding that clarifies homeschool/private school TTVC scholarship eligibility.
A May 9th election will determine whether Forney taxpayers will approve annexation into the TTVC tax district.
TVCC Approves Memorandum of Understanding, Approves Private and Home School Students for Scholarships
Forney Post/ March 24, 2009
Don Purdum
By approving [...]
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It’s not often that a homeschooling dad can share homeschooling experiences, as Wisit Wangwinyoo did in a Bangkok Post interview.
AN ALTERNATIVE FATHER December 4, 2008 SUPAWADEE INTHAWONG
Wisit Wangwinyoo is not an ordinary father.
A thinker and writer in philosophy who has translated the works of prominent Buddhist spiritual leaders like Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai [...]
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The Minnesota Daily interviewed University of MN’s Junior basketball guard, Brittany McCoy.
She was homeschooled until high school and talks a bit about her parents’ decision to homeschool. Many homeschoolers can relate to the periodic checking in of the educational choice.
OFF TOPIC with Brittany McCoy 12/6/2008
BM: Well it’s kind of a funny story, it was [...]
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The book (from the publisher’s web site): Right: Portraits of the Evangelical Ivy League
Right — Patrick Henry College is the higher education institution of choice among politically far-right young people aspiring to enter the conservative power elite. The explicit mission of PHC is to cultivate leaders to take American politics and culture back to God, [...]
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In 2005, five Calvary Chapel Christian School students, and the Association of Christian Schools International filed suit against several employees of the University of California system.
The plaintiffs said that the university’s admissions process developed by the employees, which restricts the use of certain textbooks, violates the (First Amendment) Free Speech, Free Exercise, Establishment and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
The judge [...]
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Virginia-Homeschoolers eligible for higher education financial aid
State council approves plan for home-school grads to get student aid The Virginian-Pilot
By Denise Watson Batts
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia approved new criteria Tuesday that will allow home-schooled graduates to qualify for state financial aid that they were previously barred from receiving.
More below on the Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers‘ February legislative updates [...]
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