The future of laws and regulations in Indiana In Homeschool regulations ahead? Karen Francisco in The Journal Gazette writes: Indiana State Superintendent Tony Bennett released new non-waiver graduation rates today with a news release that suggests Indiana high schools might be “counseling students out” of public schools and into homeschool. Last week, I blogged...
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Indiana: Regulations Ahead?
Homeschoolers Against Tax Credits
Whereas legislators are considering tax breaks for homeschoolers; and Whereas a homeschool group representing a fraction of the community lobbies for said tax breaks; our representatives need to know the true feelings of the homeschooling community. Join Homeschoolers Against Tax Credits at Facebook.
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State Tax Credits
The New York Times opinion pages for January 5 includes arguments for and against the idea of state tax credits for homeschoolers, which is being promoted as a priority as the the newest Republicans in Congress seek to challenge the federal role in American public education, with an eye toward turning more power over...
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CoH: The Princess Bride
The theme for this Carnival revolves around quotes from the popular movie The Princess Bride, one of the most quoted movies of all time and a particular favorite of homeschooling families. Familiar lines such as “When I was your age, television was called books.” “You keep using that word. I do not think it...
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African-American Homeschoolers
The January 2 Chicago Tribune features an article titled African-Americans Choosing to Home-School: Home-schooling experts say more African-American families are choosing to school their children at home, opting out of public schools, which critics say may be not only failing their children, but also in some cases shortchanging them of their history. “That is...
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SC Homeschool Numbers Up
CBS affiliate News Channel 7 in Asheville, SC has a two and a half minute video newsclip about homeschooling and a short summary titled Homeschooling Numbers Up in South Carolina: In South Carolina the number of parents choosing home school for their kids is growing. Studies show over the last ten years, home schooling...
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Ever Thought of Homeschooling?
Channel 15, an ABC affiliate out of Phoenix, Arizona, featured a piece with reporter Allison Dugaw interviewing two homeschooling moms in Ever thought of homeschooling your kids? 2 moms share their experience: PHOENIX – Several studies show that homeschooling kids may benefit some children later in life. But a lot of parents don’t really...
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Extraordinary Homeschoolers
Some of the inclusions in this listing stretch the definition of homeschooler, but it’s an interesting collection nonetheless, titled The World’s 15 Most Extraordinary Homeschoolers and including some we’ve covered in the past (Astra Taylor, Tim Tebow), some we weren’t familiar with but will definitely check out (Jedediah Purdy, Sho Yano), and some we...
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Sharing their School
Susan Ryan shares a heart-warming story at her Corn and Oil blog about a homeschooling family who purchased a local school and are sharing it with their community: “When they heard about the sale of the school and its contents, Melanie and Gary Doyle thought they may end up purchasing school supplies for their...
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Homeschool Snowboarding
Homeschool Snowboarding creates high-end technical outerwear for hard-riding snowboarders, and their company mission states “We are taking snowboarding back to its roots…” In an interview for the current issue of TransWorld Business, co-founder Danny Clancey explains the name of the company in response to the question “Why ‘Homeschool?’”: “The name homeschool really comes from...
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