In an increasingly bizarre situation a school district in Texas is “seeking to bankrupt” a now-homeschooling family. Writing for the Houston, Texas FOX News channel, reporter Greg Groogan explains the case in an article he titled School District Seeks to Bankrupt Disabled Student’s Family: In May, 2007, after learning that their son Chuka was...
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Texas School District Sues
What Makes Homeschooling Work?
In an article for the Austin, Texas newspaper, Austin-American Statesman, titled What Makes Home Schooling Work?, special contributors Dieter and Debra Schlaepfer, who live in Rohnert Park, California, write: In general, government officials, education bureaucrats, and teacher’s union advocates do not know what makes home schooling work. Two of their most common misconceptions are...
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Homeschooling in Texas
From KYTX in Tyler, Texas: Homeschooling on the rise in Texas: Some parents are taking it upon themselves to ensure their children get a good education, which is why Texas is seeing an increase in homeschooling. New research says the percentage of kids homeschooled jumped 75 percent in the past eight years Continue reading...
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Texas Statistics Again
An editorial in the May 13 Houston Chronicle revisits the article earlier this week: Is home-schooling among Texas high school kids growing by leaps and bounds? The numbers look fishy, and we’re suspicious that really, something ugly is happening. According to the Texas Education Agency, more than 22,620 high school students stopped showing up...
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I thought people like me were nuts
So says former teacher Lisa Jewett in an article on the Austin Daily Herald website announcing a orientation day at a local library: Cindy Stevens, mother of 3, and Lisa Jewett, mother of 5, have taught their children all that they know — well, not exactly everything. But, the two women aren’t just mothers....
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Daytime Curfew-Homeschoolers Using Political Punch
Daytime curfew shines bright in Bedford elections Fort Worth Star-Telegram May 05, 2009 By DIANNA HUNT Continuing controversy over the curfew has spilled into the campaigns for mayor and two City Council seats. “It probably did bring some candidates out, initially, and for a couple of them, it’s probably still their main issue,” said...
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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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WSJ-More Cities Targeting Teens with Daytime Curfew
More Cities Target Teens With Daytime Curfews Wall Street Journal By LESLIE EATON April 26, 2009 DALLAS — This city is considering joining a rising number of others across the country that are imposing criminal penalties on kids who skip school to hang out at the mall or on local street corners. Such juvenile...
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Conservative Muslim homeschooling
Homeschooling by conservative Protestant parents is not the only type of religious homeschooling that some writers object to. Homechooling by traditional Muslim parents is also under fire. Teach Your Children, 8 May 2008, World Defense Review Reporting from Lodi, California, MacFarquar states, “Some 80 percent of the city’s 2,500 Muslims are Pakistani, and many...
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Texas Push-outs
Push-outs are a serious issue for homeschooling, but school officials being caught so blatantly cheating on the stats is just such sweet irony: Experts: Home-schooling doesn’t add up across Texas. More than 22,620 Texas secondary students who stopped showing up for class in 2008 were excluded from the state’s dropout statistics because administrators said...
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