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Strengthening Rights?

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In an article for the July 8th issue of Education Week titled Conservative Candidates Take Aim at Federal K-12 Role, Alyson Klein writes: The conservative currents roiling the 2010 midterm election season bring with them a new group of Republican congressional candidates who are outspoken about their desire for a limited federal role in...
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Trust Parents First

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A post on the NH Parent First site makes a solid argument for trusting parents first: It is wrong to conflate responsible home schooling parents with individual parents who might be irresponsible. It is pretty incontrovertible that one should not demonize a whole group just because certain individuals from that group might do something...
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Homeschooling discussion on the Diane Rehm show

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The segment from Monday’s Diane Rehm program from the NPR affiliate WAMU is available online.  I listened to the program, and made notes, in the hope that I’d be able to give a capsule account of the conversation.  Fat chance.  Professor Reich mentioned “public policy,” and other speakers brought up “children’s rights” and ”parents’ rights.”  I did some...
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Missouri parental rights legislation

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Hat tip (again) to Dana. HB 1316 — Parental Rights: Declares a parent’s right to make all health care and education decisions for their minor children and allows for reimbursement of property taxes for those who home school or attend a private school Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. (19) Proposed Effective Date: 08/28/2008 CoSponsor: Dusenberg,...
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International research into homeschooling

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On the email discussion list HEM-Networking, a list member posted a link to an article in German by Thomas Spiegler, a post-graduate student at the University of Marburg in Germany. Philipps-Universitt Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Bildung zu Hause (Education at Home) (translation sites) Inspired by this new (to me) researcher, I Googled Herr Spiegler’s name...
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Homeschooling to be scrutinized in Mississippi

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On the email discussion list HEM-Networking, a list member posted a link to an article in German by Thomas Spiegler, a post-graduate student at the University of Marburg in Germany. Philipps-Universitt Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Bildung zu Hause (Education at Home)(translation sites) Inspired by this new (to me) researcher, I Googled Herr Spiegler’s name to...
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    Staying InformedThe issues facing homeschoolers today are fundamentally the same as 30 years ago when HEM was first published. While communication is easier the underlying social question is, can parents be trusted with their kids? Our political positions will support this answer in the affirmative. But this is not always the case nor is it always easy to un […]

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