An article in The Kansas City Star by Tim Engle is worthy of note and a thank you too. Engle starts his story, Virtual kids: Actually they’re real, but they go to school online describing the school day of eleventh-grader Philip Marten. Marten’s second-hour class is orchestra. But first hour, third hour, fourth hour...
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Homeschooling – Public School Programs
Wisconsin: “best friend” of home schoolers?
Rose Fernandez is the past president of the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families. She is now running for the job of WI’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Experienced Educator, Newcomer Battle for Wis. Post Education Week Published Online: March 30, 2009 By The Associated Press Fernandez never worked in a school. She spent...
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“Better” than homeschooling
It is interesting how the only person interviewed for the article was previously homeschooled. Insight into a student’s life, 10 November 2007, Burnett County Sentinel, Grantsburg, Wisconsin These students come from a variety of backgrounds and have chosen to enroll in the Insight School for a number of reasons. Some chose Insight in order...
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How much parental involvement in a child’s education is too much?
My colleague, Mary, already blogged this report, “Clarity from Connections Academy,” but in re-reading the newspaper story from the pile in my in-box, the article still bothered me. Pointing to the clarity is important, but I find it pushy that an NEA representative virtually says that parents put one over on … whom? …,...
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1 – 2 punch in Indiana?
It looks as if other-than-full-time schooling in Indiana is not popular with the gate-keepers. Democrats blocked virtual school funding in the state legislature, and an appeals court ruled against part-time enrollment. posted by Valerie
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“Home schooling is a well-known and established means of education”
That quote in the header was from a Cook County (Chicago) Circuit Court summary judgment in favor of the Chicago Virtual Charter School (CVCS). Why were they talking about homeschooling in a virtual school judgment? This week, the Chicago Teachers Union lawsuit claiming Chicago Public School/IL State Board of Education authorization illegalities was...
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