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Homeschooled kids in local news reports

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Science expo results, 21 April 2007, Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana On March 23-24, more than 400 students particiapted (sic) in the Billings Clinic Research Center Science Expo. More than $12,000 in cash and prizes were awarded to students who placed in the top 10 percent of their age group as well as those who...
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Charity purchases

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Chris (O’Donnellweb) reports that the Evolved Homeschooler wiki he set up has branched off into charity work. Dawn, of Day by Day Homeschooling, developed the logo and has set up shop at Cafe Press. All profits go to a cancer charity. posted by Valerie
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It is about freedom

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Following up on the post that Valerie made of Illinois focus on homeschoolers-as-truants continue, I ran into an editorial from the Lincoln Courier titled Be careful with truancy ordinance. Published Saturday, April 14, 2007 When a dozen parents of home schooled children show up at a Lincoln City Council committee meeting, something must be...
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John Legend created “Home School” record label

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Grammy-winner John Legend rolls together homechooling, pop culture, and the newly emerging mainstream recognition that black families homeschool, too. Frost Illustrated, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 17 April 2007, John Legend launches own version of ‘Home School’ Legend, who said his friend Will.I.Am has been in the lab with Estelle, adds that the name of his...
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Make videos, not war

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Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 4 April 2007, Make videos, not war: 16-year-old anti-war vidcaster stirs up controversyA home-schooler with a cat named Pumpkin and pink rubber bands on her braces, Ava Lowery isn’t your stereotypical peace activist. But with her Web site peacetakescourage.com getting 60,000 hits a day, and her homemade videos juxtaposing images...
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Carnival helps with taxing week

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Why Homeschool — Carnival of Homeschool: Week 68 “You must pay taxes. But there’s no law that says you gotta leave a tip.” — Former Morgan Stanley Advertisement Humor is the order of the day, so pop on over. posted by Valerie
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American cultural imperialism alive and well

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Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Massachusetts, 17 April 2007, US evangelicals aim to influence European law Why are American groups going to such lengths to shape the laws in other countries?” We realized that if we didn’t try to mold precedents abroad, they could come back to hurt us, and that the American legal system...
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Outrage about foreign homeschooling restrictions

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Blogdial points to a news report on a bad choice of target for German army training, then makes the leap that the German defense of the educational policies of its states is the cause of the German Army’s problems. Blogdial, 16 April 2007, The REAL result of the German school system! (scrolling is needed...
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New Mexico homeschoolers gain access to schools

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Alamogordo Daily News, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 15 April 2007, Homeschoolers have access under new bill Many homeschoolers in Otero County have not yet been made aware of the passing of Senate Bill 1098, The Home School Student Activities Program Unit, in March. This bill gives a school district funding for homeschoolers who participate in...
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Researcher studying black homeschooling families

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Chicago Defender, Chicago, Illinois, 13 April 2007, Cheryl Fields-Smith is conducting a study of African-American homeschooling families in Georgia The African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” is finding new application among African-American parents who are opting to educate their children at home. … Cheryl Fields-Smith is conducting a two-year study...
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