Posts Tagged ‘ virtual schools ’

Learning By Grace, Inc., et al. v. Idoni

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Based on a short news item posted at the Home Education Magazine website in August, 2010, publisher Helen Hegener is involved in a lawsuit which was filed against homeschooling mother Heather Idoni, owner of Beloved Books, editor of The Homeschool Notebook, and manager of EasyFunSchool.com, brought against her by Mimi Rothschild, Howard Mandel, and...
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Compelled to Attend

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In this first of three posts, titled Compelled to Attend, HEM’s Road Less Travelled columnist, Linda Dobson, is revisiting her first book, The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community and Self, published by Home Education Press in 1995. An excerpt: And if colleges and universities ignore the true meaning of education and accept...
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A Lawsuit from Mimi

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Heather Idoni, a homeschooling mother, originator of HomeschoolingBOYS and owner of Beloved Books (home of the Sugar Creek Gang audio series), is a speaker on homeschooling topics at conferences and curriculum fairs. Heather edits The Homeschooler’s Notebook, and also manages EasyFunSchool as well as several other websites and homeschooling email groups. Heather has also...
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National Charter School Watch

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The National Charter School Watch discussion group (NCSW) is assessing the state of things six years after its founding by homeschooling mom Annette Jurczak in June, 2004. The group’s description explains in part: We welcome those seeking information about charter school issues in their states and nationally, as well as those sharing information about...
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Wisconsin: “best friend” of home schoolers?

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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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True Homeschooling

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There’s an interesting letter to the editor of the Coshocton Tribune in Ohio, responding to the misreprentation of a virtual, or e-school, as homeschooling, and clearly explaining the differences.
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Public School Programs are not Homeschooling

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HEM Editorial: While the public school programs have effectively served the needs of some families, it is unwise to allow the perception to grow that they are equivalent to homeschooling. The very construct of these public school programs runs counter to the ability of families to handcraft an education for their children.
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Customer manipulation

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The following article popped up because of the inclusion of one of the subjects of the article having homeschooled her kids. Otherwise, the article isn’t about homeschooling, but focuses on telling prospective employees how to implement online school programs. I’d say ‘teacher training,’ but I’m grumpy about mystiques lately. (and it’s not just ‘teachers,’...
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Only homeschooled kids can be enrolled?

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New program, possible name change for Iowa Street School, 3 January 2008, Village News Network, Fallbrook, California In March, parents of home-schooled students in San Diego, Riverside and Orange counties will be able to enroll their K-8 children in a new Fallbrook Union Elementary School District (FUESD) alternative core program in language arts, math,...
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Why do these articles usually feature former homeschoolers?

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The following article is about the advantages of virtual schooling. As with other articles about virtual schools, the writer describes how the virtual school serves a variety of kids, not just those who are homeschooled. So why aren’t kids who were not homeschooled asked how the virtual schooling is superior to what they did...
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