In a Letter to the editor published online and in print, Maryann Klaus, with 40 years experience as “teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent” questions testing:
Why, when all of the research points to gains made by a focus on teaching and learning, formative assessment, teacher collaboration, and strong leadership, is the government looking to increasingly restrictive [...]
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The Seattle Times reports:
Parents who home-school their children have asked Washington lawmakers to exempt their registration forms from state public-disclosure laws. The Legislature appears poised to grant their request.
Two bills concerning home-schooling and public information have passed the House and on Monday quickly passed out of the Senate Education Committee.
State education officials know of [...]
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Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 4 April 2007, Make videos, not war: 16-year-old anti-war vidcaster stirs up controversyA home-schooler with a cat named Pumpkin and pink rubber bands on her braces, Ava Lowery isn’t your stereotypical peace activist.
But with her Web site peacetakescourage.com getting 60,000 hits a day, and her homemade videos juxtaposing images of [...]
