Posts Tagged ‘ homeschooling ’

Temporary homeschooling a revelation

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Daughter’s home school trial opens mom’s eyes, 13 June 2007, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin There was a time when I might have ridiculed home schoolers as xenophobic. But our eight weeks of home schooling have given me pause. The amazing network of home school support groups, study groups, curriculum offerings, special classes and...
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Connecticut: Homeschoolers meet with Govenor’s office and DCF

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Governor’s office calls a meeting regarding DCF abuses of homeschooling families in Connecticut, 12 June 2007, Consent of the Governed Also at the press conference were three families who told their stories to the press about having been improperly reported to DCF. The families told their stories in heart rendering simplicity, detailing the abuses...
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Giving Proper Credit To Home-Schooled

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Giving Proper Credit To Home-Schooled, 11 June 2007, Washington Post, Washington, D.C. Former Stanford University admissions counselor Jon Reider, one of the first to draft an admissions policy for home-schoolers, said such applicants often stood out for their maturity. “There were things these home-schoolers had,” Reider said. “A certain amount of responsibility. They were...
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Saturday Open Thread at Progressive Historians

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Saturday Open Thread, 9 June 2007, Progressive Historians Liza Sabater of CultureKitchen is the left-blogosphere’s only consistent advocate of homeschooling. With that in mind, let’s listen to her argument: Homeschooling has never been an either/or proposition for people in the left or right. It has been always a proposition for radicals; especially radicals who...
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Illiberal Education: Constitutional Constraints on Homeschooling

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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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Draft reply for U.K. consultation on elective home ed

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Update on draft responses to consultation on elective home education, 6 June 2007, Dare to Know Below, with many thanks to HEors elsewhere for providing considerable amounts of inspiration for these answers, is an updated draft of a response to the DfES Consultation on Guidelines for Elective Home Education. The draft answers to the...
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Connecticut schools calling homeschoolers neglectful

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In Connecticut, schools have reported the parents of some homeschooled children to the Department of Children and Families for withdrawing their children from school. Judy, at Consent of the Governed, gives details: 31 May 2007: Homeschoolers under attack by Department of Children and Families (DCF) in Connecticut Parents who have had it with the...
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Response to Newsweek article

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A little farther down the blog, I have a post about the Newsweek article featuring Laura Derrick of NHEN. I know other homeschooling blogs picked up the article, but it seems that at least one of the ‘civilian’ blogs did, too. (hat tip to Chris) When you’ve not stopped looking at your teenager for...
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Iowa opens athletic doors to home-schoolers

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This is an ambitious article that includes not only profiles of homeschooled athletes in Iowa and Iowa information, but descriptions of homeschooler participation in school sports in other states, and reasons for opposition to allowing homeschoolers to participate. Iowa opens athletic doors to home-schoolers, 27 May 2007, Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa “We...
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Changing perception of home-schooling

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Changing perception of home-schooling, 27 May 2007, Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi said her son, like many home-schooled children, doesn’t fit the stereotype of the sheltered homebody. “I want to change the perception of home-schooling,” she said. “So many people think our children sit at home 2 4/7 and hardly go outside....
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