KTUL |
Many Tulsans Choose Home School Over Public
KTUL Hundreds of families in Tulsa are choosing to home school their children instead of sending them to public schools. Lindsay Elliot and her husband were both home schooled. Now they've decided to keep the tradition going with their three daughters, ages … |
Breitbart News |
Virginia Senate Passes 'Tebow Bill' To Allow Homeschoolers
Breitbart News On Tuesday the Virginia state Senate passed what is dubbed the “Tebow Bill,” a measure that would allow homeschooled children to participate in interscholastic sports in public schools. The bill is named after former NFL player Tim Tebow, who was … |
KTUL |
Senate Bill Could Help Pay for Home School, Private Education
KTUL A proposed state senate bill that would allow parents to use state funds to pay for a home schooled or private education is gaining lots of attention in Tulsa. Senate Bill 609, if passed, would allow parents to receive up to 80 percent of state funds … |
iSchoolGuide |
Kentucky to Monitor High School Students Leaving for Homeschooling
iSchoolGuide Education officials in Kentucky announced their plan to start monitoring high school students who leave public schools for homeschooling to ensure they are not dropping out, Kristin Decarr of Education News reported. Local school boards statewide … |
The Cardinal Newman Society |
Faithful College Leaders Agree, Homeschooling Leads to Success at Catholic …
The Cardinal Newman Society Homeschooled students tend to achieve a high degree of academic success in college, and often outperform their peers, argue several administrators from faithful Catholic colleges recommended in The Newman Guide. The experience of these … |
Religion & Politics |
The Troubling Push to Deregulate Homeschooling
Religion & Politics When my mother pulled me out of kindergarten to homeschool, it wasn't a religious choice. We were an average Christian family, casually attending a non-denominational church. I was a shy child, overwhelmed by the boisterous atmosphere of my school and … |
The Atlantic |
The Rise of Homeschooling Among Black Families
The Atlantic And while white homeschooling families traditionally cite religious or moral disagreements with public schools in their decision to pull them out of traditional classroom settings, studies indicate black families are more likely to cite the culture of … |
Christian News Network |
Connecticut Board Recommends Homeschooled Special Needs Children Be …
Christian News Network Homeschool 3 pd HARTFORD, Conn. – Homeschooling organizations continue to express opposition to plans by the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission to monitor certain homeschoolers to prevent future acts of violence such as occurred in 2012 during the … |
Fayetteville Observer |
From home school to a hoops hotbed, Tar Heels' Justin Jackson finding his way
Fayetteville Observer "Home schooling is not for everyone. It's not for every kid because it does take a lot of discipline. You could make yourself have a lot of free time if you're not disciplined and take care of your school work, but Justin made that a little easier. He … |
Christian Daily |
Study Finds Homeschooled Millennials Less Likely to Leave Faith Than Public …
Christian Daily Young adults who were homeschooled are less likely to leave their faith than those who went to public or private schools, according to a recent study by Generations with Vision and the National Home Education Research Institute. The Gen2 study, titled … |
KSFY |
Shots not required for South Dakota home-schooled kids
KSFY SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota is one of 25 states which gives parents who home school their kids, the choice to vaccinate. One Sioux Falls family had a change of heart about getting shots for their kids. The Ott family didn't always vaccinate but they now … |
Christian News Network |
Mississippi Legislature kills home school sports proposal
The State Hob Bryan, D-Amory, asked Fillingane whether home-schooled students participating in public school activities would have to meet the same academic standards as the public-school students. Fillingane said they would not. He said home-schooled students' … Mississippi Senate Rejects 'Tim Tebow Act' Allowing Homeschoolers to Play … |
Daily Beast |
Homeschooler Can't Prove She's American
Daily Beast Early on in the video, Alecia tells us that she was homeschooled. Which, despite her mother's claims about the video's facts being false, is indeed true. In fact, James and Lisa are influential leaders in Texas's home education network. But according … Teenager has no legal record of her own existence Grandfather of Alecia Pennington reveals her dramatic story |
World Magazine |
Connecticut commission recommends homeschooling restrictions
World Magazine A Connecticut task force formed after the Newtown shooting is recommending a new policy that would allow the state to keep a close eye on homeschoolers and mandate certain instruction for parents opting students out of public school special education … New Date for Submittal of Annual Notice of Intent |
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Homeschool bill dies in senate
Vicksburg Post State senators on Thursday killed a bill aimed at allowing homeschooled students to take part in public school activities such as sports and music. Senators voted it down on a 31-17 vote, citing concerns of fairness on issues ranging from logistics to … |
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Teen-Parent Relationship, Homeschooling Positively Influence Christian Growth …
Gospel Herald A new study has found that Millennials who experience strong relationships with their parents, attend church throughout the childhood, and are homeschooled have an increased likelihood of carrying both their Christianity and church attendance into … |
Dickinson Press |
Education starts at home: Home schooling the preferred option for some …
Dickinson Press The Wentz family has been home schooling their children off and on for 11 years — ever since their daughter, Elizabeth, was in kindergarten. She now is a junior at Dickinson High School. Nine-year-old twins, Kenny and Harry, are in their second year … |
Caffeinated Thoughts |
Iowa House Democrats File Anti-Homeschooling Measure
Caffeinated Thoughts Parents who homeschool can still do so through Competent Private Instruction, and by doing so they are able to utilize the parent-taught drivers education law that was also passed in 2013. Some homeschool parents also dual-enroll their children in … |
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Homeschooling dad yanks his own civics test bill
OneNewsNow In late January, the Home School Legal Defense Association came out in opposition to a South Dakota bill that would have required students to pass a civics test to graduate. Now the sponsor, himself a homeschooling dad, has withdrawn the legislation. |
The Courier-Journal (blog) |
State monitoring if schools game dropout law
The Courier-Journal (blog) "Should there be a significant increase in the percentage of high school students withdrawing from public school to attend home school, then we will work with our schools and districts to better understand the reasons behind the increase," Holliday … |