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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State Tax Credits
Social Engineering
Canadian/American editor, writer, publicist and home-educating mom to four sons, Kelly Green, blogs at Kelly Green and Gold, and her writing is often pure gold: Thoughtful, informative, thought-provoking. On July 3 her post Social Engineering hits all three dead-on-the-money when she addresses the issue of outcomes-based education – or OBE: “OBE has been foisted...
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Outlived Our Usefulness?
A seemingly inane announcement in a Seattle-area publication: The Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center has changed its name to Edmonds Heights K-12. The school recently changed its name from Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center to Edmonds Heights to reflect their association with the Edmonds School District. “We changed our name because we wanted to clarify our...
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Homeschooling & Diplomas
A common question from those new to homeschooling is “How will my child receive a high school diploma?” and the corresponding question is “How will he or she get along without one?” The answers are as varied as the homeschooling families themselves, because ultimately the question of whether or not to pursue getting a...
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Making Homeschoolers Targets
On Linda Dobson’s Parent at the Helm (PATH) long-time homeschooling advocate and writer Mary McCarthy shares her observations about a troubling tendency: “…I believe, although this is the only “evidence” I have, that young people are being taught to hate homeschooling, and by extension, home schooled families. They are being taught that its perfectly...
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‘Today’ Seeking Homeschoolers
MSNBC’s Today Show is seeking homeschoolers for an upcoming program: Do you homeschool your kids? Were you homeschooled as a child? Tell us why you or your family chose that option and how it has worked out. Share your stories and experiences and we may use them in a future story for TODAYshow.com. Larry...
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Dangerous Precedents
News item: “A Philadelphia-area school official confronted a student with photographic evidence that he was doing bad things at home. She got her evidence by activating the webcam on the laptop in his house, a lawsuit claims. “Lower Merion School District officials are spying on students and their families inside their homes with Web...
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A contradiction in four words
Getting involved in partisan politics has never been a good way to further homeschooling freedoms. In their November-December 2004 Taking Charge column, Let’s Not Link Homeschooling to Partisan Politics, Larry and Susan Kaseman write: “To homeschool, you don’t have to have any specific ideas about politics or religion or lifestyle. In 1984, a newspaper...
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Homeschool Regulation?
Psychology Today blogger Laura Brodie follows up: “Last week I posted an article with a deliberately provocative title: Should Homeschooling Parents Have College Degrees? I didn’t offer my own answer; instead I invited readers to share their thoughts on what, if any, level of education might be required by each state—a bachelor’s degree, a...
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