Posts Tagged ‘ Michigan homeschooling ’

Oxymoron: Typical Homeschooler

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What is a “typical homeschooler”? Getting out of the house Homeschooled students adjust to learning with 40K classmates The State News Published: April 19, 2009 By Jacob Carpenter In each of the past five years, fewer than 30 homeschooled students have applied to MSU. Each of those years, no more than 10 have enrolled,...
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Michigan bill to mandate yearly homeschool notification

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Michigan bill to mandate yearly homeschool notification

   The legislation the following article discusses is House Bill 5912.  The main addition to the language of the law is: Sec. 1578. … 2) The parent or legal guardian of a child being educated at the child’s home by his or her parent or legal guardian as described in section 1561(3)(f) shall at the beginning of...
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Michigan House Bill 5912 introduced

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Mary has the information. Michigan legislative website: House Bill 5912 posted by Valerie
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Michigan columnist upset by readers’ responses

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While I was on vacation, a small journalistic brouhaha centering on homeschooling erupted near Lansing, Michigan. A reporter for the Lansing State Journal published a column on the response of a teacher to finding out that there was no recourse by school officials to keep a child in school after the parents withdrew the...
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Michigan natural history studies

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Kids take snake class, 16 September 2007, Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan “Snake Search,” which let children explore the world of reptiles, was the first of three fall programs for home-schooled students. Assistant naturalist Brian McMillan, an East Lansing High School and Michigan State University graduate, helped lead the session. “Kids are very interested...
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Michigan homeschooling thrives in Kalamazoo, but doubts about the “practice” linger

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Positive article Community is the classroom for home-schoolers, 7 September 2007, Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, Michigan “Kalamazoo is home-school friendly because we have so many options,” says Peter’s mom, Tami Webb, executive director of the Kalamazoo Area Home School Association. “The Home School Performing Arts of Kalamazoo does drama classes and plays. The Kalamazoo Area...
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