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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Stay-At-Home Moms Forced To Re-enter Workforce-NPR
A number of stay-at-home Moms are re-entering the workforce as a result of the current economic turmoil. “Economommies” now find themselves partially supporting to their families as earnings from only one parent become increasingly inadequate. Regular parenting contributor Jolene Ivey, a mother of five who is also an elected official, [...]
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Roy Jones Jr.’s boys keep it real on the farm
By Jason Jordan/ March 21, 2009
Early morning farming
Here’s a look at a typical day.
“It’s always dark when we wake up,” D says. “Never fails.”
Today, they win by default — it’s overcast. And even though it’s just 6:15 a.m., D, a freshman at Pensacola Junior College, has [...]
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The Carnival of Homeschooling is a weekly blog carnival which showcases posts about homeschooling from both seasoned and new bloggers.
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From the Chicago Tribune:
Parents hoping to emulate Barack and Michelle Obama
By Vikki Ortiz December 14, 2008
Tamar Williams, 28, of Bronzeville said interviews of Michelle Obama speaking about her children inspired her to begin home-schooling her own children.
“When you look at the Obamas, you can tell that they spend a lot of one-on-one time with their [...]
A few weeks ago The Wall Street Journal outed a Babble post by Joanne Rendell, author of The Professors’ Wives’ Club.
Unschooling
Nonetheless, when I used the term “unschooling,” they needed an explanation.
“There’s no good soundbite to describe it,” I said, “just as there’s no good soundbite to describe school. But generally speaking, unschoolers don’t [...]
Christopher Paolini on inheriting JK Rowling’s crown, 29 September 2008, Melbourne Herald Sun. Melbourne, Australia
305 credits minus 100 demerits = +205
Credits: Many direct quotes from Mr. Paolini, most of them to do with his writing and the books, and the history of getting his first book, Eragon, off the ground.
Demerits: Homeschooling socialization critique tacked on [...]
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Treating children like state property, 23 August 2008, Phoenixville News, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
In a decision being widely hailed as a victory for parental rights, a Los Angeles County court has confirmed, grudgingly, that homeschooling “is permitted under California statutes.” In so ruling, the court reversed an earlier decision that ordered the parents of “Rachel L.” [...]
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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