Posts Tagged ‘ Utah homeschooling ’

Homeschoolers “Take Profound Shift in Demographics”….again

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Who are and where are homeschoolers? Who should care? New homeschoolers would likely want to find a support network, along with encouragement from other homeschoolers. Families looking at homeschooling as a way out of the public or private school building would also be looking for state and local resources. Homeschoolers tend to know the...
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Utah: Senate Says No to Homeschool Participation in Schools

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Senate flunks home-school bill Salt Lake Tribune March 4, 2009 SB61 failed 16-13 after some lawmakers said they felt it would give home-school students an unfair advantage. The bill would have required home-school students to demonstrate academic eligibility by submitting an affidavit signed by the person providing instruction. SB 61 is documented below: HOME...
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Utah Senate Bill 37

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Bill would change home-schooled students’ access to activities, 24 January 2008, Daily Herald, Provo, Utah The Eagle Mountain senator defended his bill on Thursday in the Sentant’s Education Committee, arguing against the charge that parents would home school their children for the sole purpose of being able to hide academic progress while...
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Utah’s public sports discussion continues

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In 2007, homeschooler participation in Utah high school sports was a topic of discussion. Utah homeschooled kids may soon play public school sports, HEM News and Commentary blog Utah: public school sports discussion, HEM News and Commentary blog Talks continue on home-school, charter-school athletes, Deseret Morning News The discussion about Utah high school sports...
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‘Newsflash’: homeschoolers go to college

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Pardon my jadedness about college admissions, but Grant Colfax graduated from college in 1987 and I know my own three homeschooled kids were admitted to three separate schools in the late 1990s. Homeschooled-kid-in-college is no longer a man-bites-dog story. Or is this kind of report a slow news day case of ‘all the news...
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Puppetry project: homeschool family learns as it entertains

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Puppetry project: Home-school family learns as it entertains, 13 September 2007, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah Proving that people can learn anything they want from a public library, a local family has created marionettes for “The Princess and the Pea.” … The Meyers girls: Jeanette, 17; Sara, 15; Julie, 9 and Charlotte, 7,...
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