The first reading of new restriction put forth by the governing board of Gilbert Arizona’s public schools address testing, assessments, record keeping, credits, online courses and involvement in student oganizations for homeschoolers. Board to consider homeschool, online class restrictions by Emily Gersema, The Arizona Republic The Gilbert Public Schools governing board is mulling a series [...]
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Writing for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Daveen Rae KurutzIn portrays the disctinction between homeschooling and cyber charter schools right. “The advent and success of cyber charter schools has had a huge impact on our students,” said Charles Machesky, superintendent of Uniontown Area School District, where homeschool enrollment dropped by half in five years. “We’ve got six [...]
Dr. Yvonne Fournier answering questions from a homeschooling family which moved to a testing state. Some highlights about the inherent tension between homeschooling and achievement tests: Hassle-Free Homework: Achievement Tests Contribute To America’s Decline By Dr. Yvonne Fournier, U.S. School System Discourages Divergent, Creative Thinkers In a world that begs for divergent thinkers (people who [...]
Homeschoolers compete in a lot of different kinds of contests: From the Lincoln County Record, Pioche, NV – Established September 12, 1870 Panaca’s Cookie Crumb Trail Contest By Angela Musser The Christmas Tree Ornament Contest for Panaca’s Town Tree is now open to public and home school students. Argus Leader – Sioux Falls, SD Home-school [...]
Nothing directly impacting homeschoolers yet, but.. But what really? There are powerful forces at play with a vested interest in the institution of education. Couple calls for legislative reform with the common standards initiative, mix it up with the mad dash for the money, and homeschoolers can not afford to ignore these reforms, panic about [...]
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Iowa City Superintendent, Lane Plugge says, “If you want a diploma, you have to go to school here:” <a href="http://www.dailyiowan.com/2009/11/10/Metro/14260.html"School Board eyes homeschool rules Daily Iowan BY HOLLY HINES | NOVEMBER 10, 2009 7:20 AM Homeschooled students in Iowa City may need to attend a district high school for at least two years to receive [...]
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If you are concerned about homeschooling your kids you can find encouragement in this story from The Ukiah Daily Journal: Mathematics, Meyer Style By Carole Brodsky Ukiahan making waves in academia and cyberspace For the Daily Journal Holiday shoppers can thank Dan Meyer and his Ukiah High instructors for helping them shave precious minutes off [...]
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In formal remarks at James C. Wright Middle School in Madison Wisconsin, President Obama outlined the federal government’s 4.3 billion dollar Race to the Top awards. His presentation defined “four challenges that our country has to meet for our children to outcompete workers around the world, for our economy to grow and to prosper, and [...]
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 [...]
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It is hard to say exactly what the direct effect on homeschooling the current push for more school data will have but the organizational power and money behind the effort says all parents should watch closely. An article published by Education Week gives us a look into the workings and thinking of eductional research: New [...]
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