Interesting news article highlighting the history of homeschooling in North Carolina, from the Lincoln-Tribune: RALEIGH — When Rod Helder became the second director of the state’s Division of Non-Public Education in 1985, he inherited a small staff and a unique arrangement for state regulation of private schools. Under the previous director, the state’s confrontational...
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North Carolina Homeschooling
One step forward, two steps back
I’m assuming the writer of the headline meant that people have chosen other methods to educate their childen, but still use the word homeschooling to describe what they do. Homeschooling grows up, 21 February 2008, Catoosa County News, Ringgold, Georgia While some homeschool families are learning outside the box, others are finding innovative ways...
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The Smiths plan to found a school
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith aren’t alone in their desire to share their vision. I see the co-op trend as similar to the move by some homeschooling parents to use what they’ve learned to branch out. The trend may need its own category after a while. Will Smith Planning to Start a School,...
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‘Balanced’ article on homeschooling in Australia
Parents unhappy with traditional system turn to home school, 4 November 2007, Melbourne Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia THOUSANDS of Victorian parents are pulling their children out of schools to educate them at home. About 10,000 children are being educated this way – and the number is growing fast. … Critics believe home education lacks...
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Illinois special education plans
Special education plans for parochial students: Private schools eligible for public school services, 22 September 2007, Waukegan News Sun, Waukegan, Illinois Students with disabilities attending private schools or being home schooled can receive special education services from their local public school district under federal law. A number of Lake County districts are holding public...
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“Educational concept” is a private school
Christian classes set up for home-schoolers, The News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida An educational concept aimed at home-school families will make its south Fort Myers debut when the new school year begins this fall. The Southwest Florida Christian Community School will bring together families who home-school their children to meet three days a week for...
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Massachusetts article is informative
Learning at home: Homeschooling another option for parents, children, 24 May 2007, Melrose Free Press, Beverly, Massachusetts Move over public and charter schools. There’s another game in town, and it continues to grow in popularity in Melrose and other communities. Home schooling, or “home learning” as some like to call it, was something of...
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Dueling banjos
The Friar at Reason and Revelation caught my critique of one of his blog posts and appears to object to my neglect of fully fisking his original post, my conclusion, and my anti-defamation league comment*. I guess I can rectify all that. *(as to my seriousness, sir, the pajamas-with-feet that I proposed should be...
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Is it a tribal thing?
I wonder if there is some kind of root instinct in people for banding together, because that’s how the co-op phenomenon looks. I even tried a co-op class for the kids, once upon a time, so I’m familar with (one form of) the motivation. I don’t know if it’s an ‘instinct’ or ‘urge’ or...
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Houston-Economy Stimulates More Homeschoolers
Home-school interest grows in hard times Houston Chronicle April 27, 2009 Expense of private schools leads some to make a change An estimated 300,000 Texas children are homeschooled, compared to the nearly 4.7 million who attend traditional public schools. Seems like they wouldn’t have a clue how many Texas homeschoolers there are? Texas homeschoolers...
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