Posts Tagged ‘ home-schooling ’

A Tough Read

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I found an article which addressed homeschooling, and it was a bit of a shocker: The Corporate Sovereignty of Home School Education Home-schooling; the wave of the future; the practical design that allows you to prepare your child’s education within the modern world by the standards long cherished and protected as family values. Taken...
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Race to the Top

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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,...
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Yet another cartoonist

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It would be one thing if the cartoonists managed to draw something that actually showed a familiarity with homeschooling, but (so far) they just seem to equate it with sloth and ignorance. USA Weekend, 2002, McLean, Virginia Drawing of balding, bearded man lying on a couch, and and elderly couple speaking to him: “Rodney,...
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Push for Preschool in Virginia

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The push for more preschool continues in Virginia. Despite Virginia’s recently being named the state where a child has the best chance for success in life, those in political and education ranks used the publicity to lament the Commonwealth’s low score on preschool enrollment. “It’s a timely reminder that we must ensure that more...
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A Growing Trend

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This article is from back before “the holidays,” so maybe you missed it like I did. Pantagraph.com tells us in Home School: A Growing Trend that while homeschooling works well for many (get ready for it), “not everyone is an unabashed fan of home schooling.” This is largely an article that emphasizes the role...
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Dad returns from deployment

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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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Homeschooling families busy in their communities

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Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, West Virginia, 17 December 2006, Renaissance Center holds Christmas music festival Jamie Hensley of Huntington brought her daughter, Samantha, 5, to participate in the children’s choir performance in the old Huntington High theater. Hensley and her daughter live near the building and come to the choir practice Tuesday afternoons. “We home-school,” she...
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Homeschooling as red flag for parent?

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In Austin, Texas, homeschooling was one of the factors mentioned as a reason why a police officer was beyond therapy (see video at site). CBS42, Austin, Texas, 20 December 2006, Former Austin Police Officer Suing The City (CBS 42) AUSTIN A former Austin police officer is suing the city of Austin, saying he was...
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An Israeli Gatto?

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This article reads like John Taylor Gatto in a nutshell. Arutz Sheva, Israel Broadcasting Network, Bet El, Israel, 13 December 2006, State-Financed Education: Pass or Fail? And therein lays the universal problem of state-sponsored education in providing an atmosphere where children can learn. The combination of “state” and “education” is something that I contend...
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Homeschool activists

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The following articles spotlight homeschooling parents who are active in their communities, and beyond. WLNS, Lansing, Michigan, 13 July 2006, Questions Raised About School Board Member Home Schooling Children While Day will be making decisions she hopes will lead to change, her young kids don’t actually attend the district’s schools. Day has been home...
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