Chelmsford Independent, Concord, Massachusetts, 21 December 2006, Home for the holidays The Baxter family probably doesn’t have too much left on its Christmas wish list because they got everything they wanted when Lt. Col. Brent Baxter returned home from Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago. Brent, who had been overseas for about five months,...
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Dad returns from deployment
Sports roundup for December
The Durham News, Durham, North Carolina, 16 December 2006, At home on the basketball court: Big wins, good friends for homeschool team Durham Flight is one of 11 homeschool basketball teams in the state and one of only two in the Triangle. With so few teams, Flight players travel up to an hour and...
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Homeschooling to be scrutinized in Mississippi
On the email discussion list HEM-Networking, a list member posted a link to an article in German by Thomas Spiegler, a post-graduate student at the University of Marburg in Germany. Philipps-Universitt Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Bildung zu Hause (Education at Home)(translation sites) Inspired by this new (to me) researcher, I Googled Herr Spiegler’s name to...
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VAHomeschoolers position paper on HR 1815
VaHomeschoolers’ Position on Section 522 of H.R. 1815 Section 522 would lead to greater regulation of homeschoolers at the state level. – Virginia law has no definition of “graduate of home schooling” and does not grant high school diplomas to homeschooled students. – Section 522 would require Virginia and other states to adopt a...
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Sec 522 blog activities
Natalie’s making points at her blog: Letter to Sen. John Warner re HR 1815, Sect 522 “So, what’s the big deal?” Sect 522 would allow the dept that oversees the armed forces to create ONE definition for ALL homeschoolers that will usurp any state-level definition (or lack thereof). Furthermore, as parents, citizens and homeschoolers, we...
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Blindsiding
Over at Daryl’s place, Mr. Somerville has said he doesn’t want anyone to feel blindsided by “what happens” concerning legislation to allow homeschool grads to enlist without having to take a GED or get 15 credit hours at the college level. Concerning the Army, though, there doesn’t need to be a GED or 15...
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HSLDA and the Marines
I hope everyone knows I’m wearing out my eyes reading regulations. At Christmas time. On a Sunday night. Military Personnel Procurement Manual, Vol. 2 (Marine Corps recruiting manual) 18 Jun 2004 PDF-page 321, page C-12 1. Home School A high school diploma or certificate, Diploma typically awarded by a local, state, or national accredited...
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Military recruiting and cost effectiveness
Despite appearances to the contrary (not much action here at the blog), I am continuing my research into the homeschool/military situation while the combined freight-trains of housekeeping and holidays bear down on me (15 cleaning days until Christmas). Here at NewsComm I seems to be short of staff, unless you count the cats, whose in-the-door, out-the-door activities...
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Camzotz! Camazotz!
(Abject apologies to Lerner & Lowe, and Madeleine l’Engle; sung to tune of Camelot) A law was made a distant moon ago here, that kids and parents shall not be forgot. And there’s a legal limit to deciding, in Camazotz. Pre-testing is required in December, and follow-ups in March on the dot. By order schooling lingers through...
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Protecting the Spirit and Soul of our Children
Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education From Birth to Adulthood, the 11th installment of Education Week’s annual report on state education reform was posted this week at the Education Week’s website. From the Press Conference announcing the report, author Lynn Olson stated: Quality Counts 2007 begins to track state efforts...
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