Posts Tagged ‘ homeschool activists ’

Sharron Angle

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An article in the National Review Online titled All about Sharron Angle, subtitled The background of the woman who’s taking on Harry Reid, explains the basics about who she is and why homeschoolers should be interested: “Angle, Nevada’s GOP Senate nominee, plans to topple the Senate majority leader come November.” Reading...
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Questioning the Wisdom of New, Common Tests

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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...
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State bill targets public info about home-schoolers

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The Seattle Times reports: Parents who home-school their children have asked Washington lawmakers to exempt their registration forms from state public-disclosure laws. The Legislature appears poised to grant their request. Two bills concerning home-schooling and public information have passed the House and on Monday quickly passed out of the Senate Education Committee. State education...
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Make videos, not war

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Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 4 April 2007, Make videos, not war: 16-year-old anti-war vidcaster stirs up controversyA home-schooler with a cat named Pumpkin and pink rubber bands on her braces, Ava Lowery isn’t your stereotypical peace activist. But with her Web site peacetakescourage.com getting 60,000 hits a day, and her homemade videos juxtaposing images...
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    Student loan consolidation is a major problem in our society today.  Several years ago one of our writers wrote a good article about teaching your kids how to manage their money and make a budget.  Please take a look at this great family oriented article about smart money management. http://homeedmag.com/home-education-magazine/stop-student-loan-consolidatio […]

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  • Intrinsic Motivations for Learning
    “As homeschoolers we need to find ways to reach out to teachers and parents who don’t want to see childrens’ 12 years of compulsory schooling reduced to skills training for big business. Nurturing the human capacity to learn through love and intrinsic motivation is as important to life — to me, more important — as ‘learning for earning.’ Art, religion, music […]

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  • Class Dismissed
    Class Dismissed is a new movie in production which is questioning whether schools, public or private, are really the best education option for many families, and it will be the first feature-length documentary to focus on homeschooling. From the website: “From home study and kitchen table math, to perpetual recess and park days, Class Dismissed follows the s […]

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    Who invented electric Christmas lights? The Library of Congress sponsors the fascinating Everyday Mysteries collection: Did you ever wonder why a camel has a hump? If you can really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a cricket? Or why our joints make popping sounds? These questions deal with everyday phenomena that we often take for granted, but e […]

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  • Staying Informed
    The issues facing homeschoolers today are fundamentally the same as 30 years ago when HEM was first published. While communication is easier the underlying social question is, can parents be trusted with their kids? Our political positions will support this answer in the affirmative. But this is not always the case nor is it always easy to understand the bes […]