Comments on: Home School Regulations http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/testing/home-school-regulations/ Exploring homeschooling issues, ideas, and more Wed, 09 May 2012 18:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kimberly http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/testing/home-school-regulations/#comment-1894 Kimberly Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:39:37 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/?p=3768#comment-1894 I am a single mother who was finally able to homeschool thanks to a public cyber school here in PA called Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School. They use K12 curriculum, and it works great for my situation. www.k12.com It is free, because it is techincally still public school, but I get to see directly what my children are learning, and talk to them about lessons that contradict our values and beliefs. My children do spelling, literature, language skills, and handrwriting during the day at the babysitter, and we cover history, science, math, music, and art in the evenings when I am home with them. I have to pay $500 a month out of my own pocket for childcare, but that is a small price to pay for the well-being of my children. I am a single mother who was finally able to homeschool thanks to a public cyber school here in PA called Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School. They use K12 curriculum, and it works great for my situation. http://www.k12.com It is free, because it is techincally still public school, but I get to see directly what my children are learning, and talk to them about lessons that contradict our values and beliefs. My children do spelling, literature, language skills, and handrwriting during the day at the babysitter, and we cover history, science, math, music, and art in the evenings when I am home with them. I have to pay $500 a month out of my own pocket for childcare, but that is a small price to pay for the well-being of my children.

]]> By: T. Michael Cart http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/testing/home-school-regulations/#comment-1893 T. Michael Cart Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:21:40 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/?p=3768#comment-1893 This continues to be a very pressing issue. Yet, for all of the opposition's shrillness, they can not dispute the efficacy of homeschooling academically. Homeschoolers beat the socks off the national average ACT test scores. http://www.examiner.com/x-8274-San-Diego-Christian-Examiner~y2009m8d29-Homeschoolers-score-higher-than-national-average-on-ACT This continues to be a very pressing issue. Yet, for all of the opposition’s shrillness, they can not dispute the efficacy of homeschooling academically. Homeschoolers beat the socks off the national average ACT test scores.

http://www.examiner.com/x-8274-San-Diego-Christian-Examiner~y2009m8d29-Homeschoolers-score-higher-than-national-average-on-ACT

]]> By: kevin http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/testing/home-school-regulations/#comment-1892 kevin Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:11:05 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/?p=3768#comment-1892 Yeah, Whoever is at the helm seems to miss one important point. We left the public system and we are not interested in their methods. We are worse than serious christains. We do not belong to any church because they all say obey the government. The bible is more about government than silly rituals that accomplish nothing. Kennedy overestimated himself when trying to eliminate the money changers and was killed, Lincoln tried and hmmm a bullet found his head also, Jesus .he turned over the tables and He got nailed up too any time anyone messes with the bankers they get hurt. We sill people get all hung up on political parties while the bankers sit back and reap. Why do we not see it is the ones who create the money hat rule, its not bush or ohbama these guys are bought and paid for. follow the money. The government owns us!!! Unless we say no thank you. kevin Yeah, Whoever is at the helm seems to miss one important point.
We left the public system and we are not interested in their methods.
We are worse than serious christains.
We do not belong to any church because they all say obey the government.
The bible is more about government than silly rituals that accomplish nothing.
Kennedy overestimated himself when trying to eliminate the money changers and was killed, Lincoln tried and hmmm a bullet found his head also, Jesus .he turned over the tables and He got nailed up too any time anyone messes with the bankers they get hurt.
We sill people get all hung up on political parties while the bankers sit back and reap.
Why do we not see it is the ones who create the money hat rule, its not bush or ohbama these guys are bought and paid for.
follow the money.
The government owns us!!! Unless we say no thank you.
kevin

]]> By: Jenny http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/testing/home-school-regulations/#comment-1891 Jenny Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:48:30 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/?p=3768#comment-1891 I can´t believe that this is happening in US aswell. It´s happening in England right now, and in Sweden the goverment wants to forbid homeschooling. In Germany homeschooling is already forbidden and families suffers threats and fear for authoroties wanting to make them give up homeschooling. And now this? A worldwide wave of mistrusting homeschooling? I hope american homescoolers are many enough to figth it back. I can´t believe that this is happening in US aswell. It´s happening in England right now, and in Sweden the goverment wants to forbid homeschooling. In Germany homeschooling is already forbidden and families suffers threats and fear for authoroties wanting to make them give up homeschooling. And now this? A worldwide wave of mistrusting homeschooling? I hope american homescoolers are many enough to figth it back.

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