Posts Tagged ‘ homeschooling ’

Oregon homeschoolers still required to test

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Republicans try, fail to force votes on Oregon school bills, 19 June 2007, OregonLive.com, Portland, Oregon Oregon House Republicans on Tuesday tried to force votes on three of their priority education bills, but Democrats turned back their efforts with dispatch. All three issues, however, are expected to resurface as campaign fodder in the run-up...
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California homeschooler to attend West Point

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Home-schooled student headed to Military Academy, 17 June 2007, North County Times, Escondido, California Joe Lambert has a driving force in his life, he wants to keep his country free. With that as his goal, Lambert will soon be headed to West Point, N.Y., where he has been accepted into the United States Military...
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Temporary homeschooling by traveling parents

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Braves dads relish time with kids, 17 June 2007, Savannah Morning News, Savannah, Georgia “It’s one of the toughest things that players struggle with,” Jones said. “And it’s something that I think about on a daily basis: What can I do where they’ll think of me as a good dad?” Certainly, baseball players do...
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New Jersey homeschoolers win shooting contest

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A different kind of sport: Homeschooled siblings win statewide scholastic skeet shooting contests, 15 June 2007, Hudson Reporter, Hoboken, New Jersey While home-schooling all seven of his children in North Bergen, Bill Koehler has searched for positive activities for the kids to get involved with, much like the extracurricular groups children do at conventional...
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Who started what kind of homeschooling, and when?

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The following article is a pleasant enough bread & butter article about homeschooling in New York state. The one incongruous note is almost a historical footnote, ‘who started what kind of homeschooling, and when.’ Home schooling on the rise locally, 15 June 2007, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York Those reasons offer a...
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School system beats out home-schooling

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School system beats out home-schooling, 13 June 2007, Belleville Intelligencer, Belleville, Ontario, Canada But perhaps the greatest disadvantage is the difficulty in developing social skills. Social skills cannot be learned merely through everyday interactions, such as trips to the mall, church, sports and clubs or visiting with neighbours. It is imperative kids learn how...
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Storytelling strolls’ new crowd – kids

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Storytelling strolls’ new crowd — kids, 13 June 2007, The Huntsville Times, Huntsville, Alabama Madison’s Spirit Strolls have proven steadily popular with caped storyteller S.A. Hale recounting the city’s historical tidbits, and now they’ve attracted home schoolers. Lauren Hartung of Madison, who home schools her two daughters, Sarah, 12 and Olivia, 13, said she...
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Homeschoolers head into world

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Homeschoolers head into world, 11 June 2007, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan Scott’s ceremony, though small, was just like those at local high schools, with spectators straining to see the graduates marching in, earnest speeches, popping cameras and, of course, diplomas. The only real difference was that there was no valedictorian. Instead, the parents...
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Homeschooling is a viable alternative to public schools

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I hesitated while considering blogging this next article. I agree with the conclusion of the writer, that homeschooling is a viable educational path, but I disagree with the justifications. My justification for homeschooling is academic and educational freedom. This author’s justification is that homeschooling ‘works.’ By disagreeing, I feel as if I’m spitting in...
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Media bias in stories featuring homeschooled kids?

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If a news story, or human interest piece, has a person associated with homeschooling as its subject, do reporters tend to focus on that aspect? A 20 May 2007 story about Idaho brothers who open-carry weapons triggered that question for one blogger, and it is something I’ve wondered about myself. Guns N’ Fishes, 9...
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