In an article titled Truant students’ parents arrested on The Times Hearld website, District Judge Ester Casillo is quoted as saying “Once a citation for truancy is issued by this court, it is no longer a school issue but rather a court issue.” This sums up the lunacy – one institution tasked with an impossible [...]
4,328 students were ticketed by the school police for being truant or late to school in 2008. An average of 24 students per day. The cost of the infraction for being absent is $250 the first time, and it can increase if you reoffend. In the last school year the LASPD obtained more than $1 [...]
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You have most likely read the headlines and seen the online articles. Arrests, charges, registration, approved curriculum, permission to homeschool – what’s next?
To put it into perspective, I quote from an email by John Munson on the NYHEN Yahoo Groups list:
I wouldn’t get too worked up over the use of the terms “register” and [...]
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Not so fast: Home schooling trumps full-day kindergarten Jun. 18, 2009 The Globe and Mail Amira Elghawaby
Research shows home-schooled kids outperform their public-school peers. So why so is there little or no financial encouragement for parents to take it on?
Seated beside a mom with coiffed hair, polished nails and an elegant suit, I listened wide-eyed [...]
Western Australia Cracking Down
Father to face court for letting kids miss school The West Australian 5th July 2009
A father of six who believes youngsters should be set free from schooling has become the first parent in WA to go to court and face a fine for not sending his children to school.
Mr Meier, also known as One, seems [...]
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