Posts Tagged ‘ Illinois homeschooling ’

When ‘back-to-school’ means staying home

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When ‘back-to-school’ means staying home: Educator-parents treat fall in their own way, 30 August 2007, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois But what does back-to-school mean for the approximately 2 million American kids educated at home? Depending on whom you talk to, the annual rituals can be as traditional as shopping for supplies or as laissez-faire...
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Flip this Illinois sports report

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D-300 sidelines home schoolers, 25 July 2007, Northwest Herald, McHenry County, Illinois The closest that Hampshire home-schooler Eric Bender will get to high school football this fall is the stands after District 300 officials announced Monday that they would not change the policy on participation in extracurricular activities. Bender’s parents had asked the district...
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Red tape blocks goal line

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Red tape blocks goal line, 1 July 2007, Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake, Illinois Illinois High School Association rules allow students who are home-schooled to play on public school sports teams if they meet certain qualifications, but leaves the final say up to individual school districts. But District 300 doesn’t allow it. Its policy says...
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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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Illinois co-op article

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Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, 14 April 2007, Decatur Area Cooperative offers a little extra to homeschoolers Maureen O’Brien’s eldest daughter attended traditional school, and O’Brien was stunned when she had to ask permission to take her to the orthodontist and provide proof afterward that it’s where they’d really gone. “I’m her mother,” O’Brien...
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Illinois focus on homeschool-as-truants continues

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Last September, police and truant officers assuming homeschooled kids were truant was a concern of Illinois homeschooling parents. A month later, a parent wrote to the Rock River Times about the police picking up kids, so the problem for homeschoolers continued. Homeschooling parents say that police still bother their children. Lincoln Courier, Lincoln, Illinois,...
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