Posts Tagged ‘ homeschool ’

Public School Better Than Homeschool?

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From Literacy News, which reports on literacy issues which affect the workplace and education systems, one of those countdown pieces subtitled ’10 reasons why public school is better than homeschool’ starts out with: 1. Most parents were educated in the under funded-public school system, and so are not smart enough to homeschool their own...
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On Criticism and Resentment of Unschooling

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An interview at MomLogic (“What Moms Are Talking About”) with Sandra Dodd, by Julie Taylor, titled Why I Unschooled My Three Kids, includes some thoughtful commentary about the kind of resentment and criticism of homeschooling, and especially unschooling, which we’ve seen in the national media, especially in the comments sections, in the past week....
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A contradiction in four words

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Getting involved in partisan politics has never been a good way to further homeschooling freedoms. In their November-December 2004 Taking Charge column, Let’s Not Link Homeschooling to Partisan Politics, Larry and Susan Kaseman write: “To homeschool, you don’t have to have any specific ideas about politics or religion or lifestyle. In 1984, a newspaper...
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Educational Rigor

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As an Illinois homeschooler, this headline below published in the Fox Valley Villages Sun definitely got my attention as a very strange possibility.  Homeschoolers are independent of the public school system, and school district policies shouldn’t have anything to do with a homeschooler’s graduation. Policy revisions could hurt home-schoolers Proposed changes could make it...
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Homeschoolers “Take Profound Shift in Demographics”….again

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Who are and where are homeschoolers? Who should care? New homeschoolers would likely want to find a support network, along with encouragement from other homeschoolers. Families looking at homeschooling as a way out of the public or private school building would also be looking for state and local resources. Homeschoolers tend to know the...
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No mention of homeschoolers is a good thing

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In this particular case, Subway’s P.R. gaffe last year was not repeated this year. Last year, the sponsors specifically excluded homeschoolers in their writing contest and caused quite an uproar. “No home schools will be accepted” came off as a bit harsh and unfriendly. There was such a rumble that a google search for...
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Homeschooled Terrorist?

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If you wipe away the blustering, overblown, over-hyped, over-indignant carrying-on by newshounds hunting a story with no expense spared, there's a case unfolding in North Carolina which carries plenty of legitimate reason for concern. The bare bones of the situation surrounding 16-year-old homeschooler Ashton Lundby...
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Homeschool Family’s Ordeal – Lorain County, Ohio

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According to the suit, the search interrupted eight small children in the middle of a home-schooling lesson. The Stowers have eight children with the oldest serving in Iraq and the rest living at home, the suit says. A daughter-in-law and three grandchildren also live there.
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Inspiration to homeschool

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From the Chicago Tribune: Parents hoping to emulate Barack and Michelle Obama By Vikki Ortiz December 14, 2008 Tamar Williams, 28, of Bronzeville said interviews of Michelle Obama speaking about her children inspired her to begin home-schooling her own children. “When you look at the Obamas, you can tell that they spend a lot...
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