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Homeschool Regulation

Homeschool Regulation

According to this news report from New Jersey: “Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle will introduce legislation to regulate the home schooling of children. This comes on the heels of a recent investigation by the State Department Of Children And Families into the tragic may death of eight-year old Christiana Glenn of Irvington. “Christiana died of...
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Home School Regulations

Three Smart Rules for Home School Regulation, by Jay Mathews, an education columnist for The Washington Post, is an article homeschool advocates should read, as it presages an attitude which we’ll likely be seeing more of in the coming weeks and months: Homeschooling is the sleeping giant of the American education system. There are...
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Mr. Lessenberry’s main complaint is echoed elsewhere

In two recent news pieces, the writers question parental talents.  The years mothers and fathers spend with their children, the parents’ educations, and their life experience, are presumed to be inadequate for continuing to raise their children once those kids are old enough to be affected by compulsory school attendance laws.  Or, that’s how it comes across....
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Illiberal Education: Constitutional Constraints on Homeschooling

I haven’t had time to do more than skim it yet, but Chris has an analysis at O’DonnellWeb. Illiberal Education: Constitutional Constraints on Homeschooling Abstract: Homeschooling in America is no longer a fringe phenomenon. Estimates indicate that well over a million children are currently being homeschooled. Although homeschoolers are a diverse group, the homeschooling...
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Judy’s got a pen-pal

A hat tip to Lisa. Given that Judy’s getting letters out of the ether, we’ll leave Lisa’s whereabouts to the imagination. Consent of the Governed, 19 April 2007, Homeschoolers: Sharing A Letter That I Received We would like to establish a partnership with your organization to better provide home educators with an all inclusive...
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December letters … all from Mississippi

Since all the December letters (that I found) were from the Jackson Clarion Ledger, I would say that Superintendent Hank Bounds’s announcement about proposed homeschool legislation to control the “free rein” that homeschooling parents in Mississippi enjoy hit a nerve. Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, 24 December 2006, Home-schooling system is successful now When...
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Homeschool slide towards organization?

The following article is mostly ‘about’ homeschooling, but with an emphasis on co-ops. Starting a co-op can be a fun thing to do, but unfortunately (to a degree), with our current model of oversight of public activities, the proliferation of such groups might lead to the requirement that they be controlled. Think of the...
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