Laura Brodie, author of Love in a Time of Homeschooling, and a blogger for Psychology Today, addressed the question of Bullying as a Reason for Homeschooling in a March 24 post and Mean Girls and Homeschooling Moms on March 31. A follow-up post today, Homeschooling to Escape Bullies: What’s Wrong with That? explores “the...
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How Do Unschoolers Learn What To Eat?
Branching away from the typical media buzz about unschooling which flooded us last week, Jennifer LaRue-Huget poses a thoughtful question on her Washington Post blog, The Checkup: How do unschoolers learn what to eat? The question isn’t as facetious as it sounds, and LaRue-Huget provides some thoughtful commentary, an eye-opening quick survey, and some...
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Home is where your story begins
From WNET’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly comes a story of homeschooling: Muslim Home Schooling FAW : Muslim parents say home schooling can provide a better learning experience because the work can be tailored to each child’s needs. Bilal, for example, who learned to read before he entered public school, got bored when...
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Testing Achievement
Deborah Meier, writing on Education Week’s blog, Bridging Differences takes a bigger look at testing from a teacher’s perspective, with school reform on her mind. But the assessment of testing is worth the read. A few excerpts: When Is Achievement Really an Achievement? – By Deborah Meier If only everyone stopped using the word...
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Family Time for Homeschoolers: Priceless
Bring on Homeschool Part 2. I’ve seen a lot worse Homeschool Part 1′s in the media. WGGB in Springfield, Massachusetts, interviewed a family about the pros and cons of homeschooling. Homeschool Part 1: A Look at the Pros and Cons of Homeschooling abc40 March 31, 2009 By: Faye Hoffman When we asked them, they...
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6 year old pushout
Young Sebastian of Homewood, Illinois has been kicked out of his classroom since December 10 of last year. Why? Because the school district hired surveillance team wasn’t convinced that he was in the right place at the right time. Child barred from class in residency dispute Chicago Tribune By Bonnie Miller Rubin February 1,...
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NCLB reauthorization … of family life?
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act does not apply to homeschooling families because the federal government does not give them any money for their children’s educations. Still, I must comment because this wording in the NCLB discussion bill puts everyday family life into federal law. Miller-McKeon Discussion Draft, PDF-pages 276 – 277 (d)...
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Pre-K is (said to be) gaining favor
The article I read over my oatmeal this morning was titled, “Pre-K is gaining favor.” The headline (above the fold in the “Local” section, and in large, all-caps font) really took the shine off my brown-sugared breakfast. As is usual with writing short missives (150-word limit for our paper), which of course I did,...
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Katrina: The legal status of displaced homeschoolers
In the weeks and months ahead, homeschoolers who are displaced, yet continuing their children’s educations at wherever they’re now calling home, may wonder whose education laws they must follow. Suffice it to say that until now, no ‘displaced person’ status for homeschooling families has been formulated. In general when a family moves from one...
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- James Burns – Stop the bully’s EBOOKJames Burns – Stop the bully’s EBOOKInstant Download! Stop The Bullying EBOOK This book provides practical methods of teaching respect, encouraging student responsibility, and building compliance. This ebook also contains a supplemental character education section with techniques for praising students and encouraging more positive classroom behavior. It is d […]
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- Multiplication game SumpowerMultiplication game SumpowerGet SUMPOWER®! Here’s the opportunity to have an exclusive product that can help your students or child learn multiplication. If you’re teaching times tables, try Sumpower® in the classroom.- It’s a 3rd grade math game played with 10 individual pieces made for learning times tables the fun way. Help them get going! SumPower Game® […]
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- Staying InformedStaying InformedThe 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 un […]
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‘Today’ Seeking Homeschoolers
MSNBC’s Today Show is seeking homeschoolers for an upcoming program: Do you homeschool your kids? Were you homeschooled as a child? Tell us why you or your family chose that option and how it has worked out. Share your stories and experiences and we may use them in a future story for TODAYshow.com. Larry...
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