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		<title>Blaming Homeschooling for Death of Child</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4360/blamin-homeschooling-for-death-of-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child deaths]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Nicholson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tragic death of a child, social services under fire, and homeschooling is being blamed:

UK Government&#8217;s Education Expert Blames Homeschooling for Death of Child
The British government&#8217;s lead expert on education is pointing to the tragic death of a Birmingham child, who had been taken out of school by her mother, as an illustration of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Certified teacher joins homeschool world</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4351/certified-teacher-joins-homeschool-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles About Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encouraging Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[elementary education degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool support group]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is a must read:

In 2006, I took the leap from public school teacher to home-school mom for my kindergarten daughter. I did what most home-school mothers do and joined a home-school group for support. To be honest, I thought I would be lending most of the support. I had the elementary education degree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Senate panel OKs bill to allow home-schooled students to play sports</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4304/utah-senate-panel-oks-bill-to-allow-home-schooled-students-to-play-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4304/utah-senate-panel-oks-bill-to-allow-home-schooled-students-to-play-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report on the Salt Lake Tribune&#8217;s website tells us that Sen. Mark Madsen (R) failed for the last three years to move a bill forward to allow homeschoolers to participate in sports because the bill had &#8220;too many loopholes for failing students to participate in sports and wouldn&#8217;t have held home-schooled students to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conservative Litmus Test</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4287/the-conservative-litmus-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4287/the-conservative-litmus-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[litmus test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulating homeschoolers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a report from the Flathead Beacon in Kalispell Montana about the newly formed Montana Conservative Alliance&#8217;s litmus test. It contains an alarming mention of homeschooling:

No. 8 says: &#8220;Parents are not always responsible, which is why some regulations of home schooling is necessary, and child health programs like CHIP [the Children Health Insurance Program] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dim View of Homeschooling</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4218/a-dim-view-of-homeschooling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4218/a-dim-view-of-homeschooling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discouraging words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Washington homeschool law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had missed this story from back in January. It comes from Stories From School, Practice meets Policy

Several years ago my principal and I spent a lunch hour on a home visit to see one of my students. He had been absent for a week, after telling us that he was going to be homeschooled.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Lakeland mums fight home school changes</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4213/south-lakeland-mums-fight-home-school-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4213/south-lakeland-mums-fight-home-school-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laws]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[home visits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling freedoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling in England]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Lancaster And Morecambe Citizen we learn about the controversial Government proposals to monitor home educators:

If the bill is passed, home educators will be forced to join a register, and Cumbria County Council children&#8217;s services will have the right to enter their home to ensure they are providing quality education. Parents may also have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trust Parents First</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4163/parents-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4163/parents-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hard cases make bad law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trust parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A post on the NH Parent First site makes a solid argument for trusting parents first:
It is wrong to conflate responsible home schooling parents with individual parents who might be irresponsible.
It is pretty incontrovertible that one should not demonize a whole group just because certain individuals from that group might do something wrong. Yet, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Victory for NH Homeschoolers</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3980/legislative-victory-for-nh-homeschoolers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3980/legislative-victory-for-nh-homeschoolers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activist homeschoolers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HB368]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parent's First Legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a roll call vote on the floor of the House, legislators in New Hampshire have voted 324 to 34 to finally accept the House Education Committee recommendation of inexpedient to legislate (ITL) on HB368 . HB368 was justified by its sponsors and supporters with the familiar, &#8216;falling through the cracks&#8217; and &#8216;for the good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couple Arrested for Homeschooling in New York</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3940/couple-arrested-for-homeschooling-in-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3940/couple-arrested-for-homeschooling-in-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compulsory Attendance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Munson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York's compulsory attendance law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY couple arrested]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have most likely read the headlines and seen the online articles. Arrests, charges, registration, approved curriculum, permission to homeschool &#8211; what&#8217;s next?
To put it into perspective, I quote from an email by John Munson on the NYHEN Yahoo Groups list: 

I wouldn&#8217;t get too worked up over the use of the terms &#8220;register&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st Reading New Iowa Homeschool Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3889/1st-reading-niowa-homeschool-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3889/1st-reading-niowa-homeschool-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[admission requirements]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[first reading of the policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOLLY HINES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home-schooling program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool rules]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iowa City School Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lane Plugge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy changes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa City Superintendent, Lane Plugge says, &#8220;If you want a diploma, you have to go to school here:&#8221;

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