The Edwards family and homeschooling

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Henry Cate posted a link to a report on the Edwards family homeschooling on the campaign train. Readers at Henry’s blog, Why Homeschool, discussed the style of the Edwards family’s homeschooling.

Elizabeth Edwards on homeschooling

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This entry was posted on November 28, 2007 at 4:23 pm and is filed under Politics, Public School at Home, Reasons to Homeschool, Weblogs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 Responses to The Edwards family and homeschooling

  1. The RedMolly Picayune-Democrat on November 29, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    Dreams, homeschooling and snarliness…

    After having a hell of a time falling asleep last night, I was awakened at roughly 4:17 a.m. with an elbow to the eye socket. Jim didn’t mean to do it, and the eye didn’t blacken. (Good thing, because we’re…

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  2. Kandy Crosby-Hastings on December 6, 2007 at 2:23 am

    I think it’s great that they’re “homeschooling,” and I agree that we definitely need to get into more hands-on activities and away from standardized tests; but I have to wonder when she says she doesn’t know how to answer the question if she’s for homeschooling or against it.

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