It is never certain if an article headlined as homeschooling really is about homeschooling. All to frequently they are about mis-labeled public or private school programs, is more about an editor’s bias than homeschooling, or the reporter never breaks free from a schoolish headset. This piece is about homeschooling. The reporter starts out well...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Florida homeschooling ’
Bad economy may be fueling homeschooling trend
ESPN: Keeping it real-Roy Jones Jr. and family
Roy Jones Jr.’s boys keep it real on the farm By Jason Jordan/ March 21, 2009 Early morning farming Here’s a look at a typical day. “It’s always dark when we wake up,” D says. “Never fails.” Today, they win by default — it’s overcast. And even though it’s just 6:15 a.m., D, a...
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Homeschooling experience leads to scholarships for teens
Home-Schooled Homebuilders Win Aid, 15 July 2008, Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida Sometimes, the Suggses worried the unorthodox upbringing might limit their children’s college opportunities. But the path less traveled can be rewarding. Last week, all three of the Suggs children received college scholarships from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, in part because...
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Homeschool conventions worthwhile
On The Mark: No better way to spend one’s time, 28 May 2008, Marconews, Marco Island, Florida Every year, Florida hosts a large and ever-growing convention to promote homeschooling and assist parents in understanding this viable alternative to public education for their children. The convention is sponsored by the Florida Parent-Educators Association and the...
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Florida homeschooling said to be growing
A ping-pong article. The people who homeschool support homeschooling. The experts aren’t so sure about it. Assertion then rebuttal; pick a side. Rinse and repeat. More children going to school at home, 20 April 2008, Miami Herald, Miami, Florida … Statewide, more than 55,000 students are home-schooled — a 34 percent increase since 2001...
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Homeschooling “accountability”
A news outlet summarized a talk by “Home Education Coordinator Robert Schiavone” to the League of Women Voters in St. Johns, Florida, by emphasizing the need for ‘oversight’ of homeschooling families in order to prevent mistreatment of children by their parents. LWV Learns Undetected Child Abuse Possible Among Home Schoolers, 22 March 2008, My...
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Working on bachelor’s degree after receiving dual associate’s at 14
At 15, he’s meeting the challenge, 16 January 2008, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida For most of his life, Andrew has been homeschooled. Sure, there was that stint in preschool. But Andrew was already reading back then, Mrs. Stoeve said.The Pasco schools didn’t offer a gifted program until third grade, so Mrs. Stoeve,...
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Parents unable to ‘teach?’
The myth is that there are ‘subjects’ that ‘parents can’t teach.’ I presume that the logic is that because a person has not professionally trained in a certain ‘subject’ that he or she can’t help younger people learn basic information about that ‘subject.’ For me, that brings to mind an aphorism I had hanging...
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9-year old is Audubon Society volunteer
Thanks to girl, Shell Key’s birds safer, 26 December 2007, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida At 9 years old Nora Jade Flower is already a member of the Audubon Society of Florida with an affinity for spotting rare shorebirds. She frequently volunteers for bird counts and conservation efforts with people four times her...
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Florida: Homeschooling is “Rich Soil for Learning”
Great looking “home-grown” veggies in the pictures Homeschooling offers a rich soil for learning Tampa Bay Times By MINDY RUBENSTEIN, June 27, 2009 They go on field trips to local parks and to the zoo. And they work together to tend a large, thriving garden at one member’s Zephyrhills home. They...
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