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Homeschooled kids perform at high level
Montgomery Advertiser Homeschooled kids perform at high level. The recent editorial on homeschooling families was biased, devoid of facts, and perpetuated an ill-informed stereotype. To counter that misinformation, here are some facts regarding homeschooled students:. |
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HOME SCHOOL ABUSE “Dear Frank, I think there's going to be an epidemic of …
Patheos (blog) “Believe it or not, some homeschool kids have been so severely neglected that they don't have the skills to function on their own, yet staying at home perpetuates the problem. Additionally, when they leave their families, they lose what little support … |
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Georgia's home-schooled students seek admissions equality
McDuffie Mirror With that experience in hand, she is often called upon by area families new to home schooling for advice and connections to financial and educational resources. And while it has “become much easier” in recent years, she says many fellow home school … |
KNPR |
Is Homeschooling The Solution To Public School Problems?
KNPR One of the education sectors that often flies under the radar is the one that has arguably the most student/teacher involvement: homeschooling. As the weeds thicken with testing and public school regulations, more parents than ever are choosing to opt … |
Christian News Network |
Homeschool Children Seized By Arkansas Authorities Remain in State Custody …
Christian News Network HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Seven homeschoolers in Arkansas who were seized by the Garland County Sheriff's Department this month remain in state custody after a court hearing on Thursday over the matter. Hal Stanley, a pastor, and his wife Michelle state that … Garland Co. Children to Remain in DHS Custody Seven Garland County kids stay in state custody |
Dallas Morning News (blog) |
From home school to UConn, Glenn Heights resident still getting attention
Dallas Morning News (blog) It's the continuation of a storybook journey for Jefferson, who was home-schooled by her mother but gained enough elite-level recognition to earn the attention and a scholarship from a program that has won nine national championships. Jefferson and her … |
Christian Examiner |
Tim Tebow Act gives homeschooled kids access to public school activities
Christian Examiner (Christian Examiner) – Mississippi may be the next state to provide homeschooled students access to extra-curricular activities at public schools. According to Mississippi News Now, State Sen. Joey Fillingane (R-Sumrall) authored the bill entitled the … |
Salon |
The right's home-school conspiracy: How I helped GOP launch a religious war
Salon The Christian home-school movement drove the Evangelical school movement to the ever-harsher world-rejecting far right. The movement saw itself as separating from evil “secular” America. Therein lies the heart of the Tea Party, GOP and religious right … |
OneNewsNow |
7 Christian Homeschool Children Taken From Parents; Dad Claims It Was Over …
Christian Post A Christian homeschool family in Arkansas is claiming that state and county police agents wrongfully removed their seven children from their home after they conducted a warranted search of their property to look for a medicinal "miracle" supplement … Homeschooled children seized by authorities still in state custody Seven children may have been taken from their 'prepper' parents over … 7 Children Removed From Home Over Mineral Supplement |
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School Board Reverses Controversial Homeschool Policy
Yahoo Parenting The contested policy, adopted in late 2013 by the Goochland County School Board, had required that religiously homeschooled kids 14 and over explain their faith in writing — as well as submit to an in-person hearing on the subject in front of the board. |
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Home-school events in Middle TN are plentiful
The Tennessean It's time for another roundup of events around the home-schooling community. Check out these Middle Tennessee happenings: •The Ambassador Club needs judges for the Christian Homeschool Speech and Debate Tournament, to be held Feb. 5-7 from 7 … |
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Alabama needs reasonable regulation of home schooling
Montgomery Advertiser Parents who home-school often do an exceptional job. With dedication and resources, they can offer individual attention and creative instruction, sometimes producing academic stars. An estimated 1.77 million children in the U.S., or 3.4 percent of … |
The Cardinal Newman Society |
Homeschooling Experts Affirm Parents' Primary Educator Role despite …
The Cardinal Newman Society homeschool The government should support, not usurp, the role of parents as primary educators of their children, agreed two Catholic homeschooling experts in an interview with The Cardinal Newman Society about the current state of regulations imposed … |
Christian News Network |
Parents Oppose District's Policy of 'Interrogating' Homeschoolers on Religious …
Christian News Network In 2013, Goochland County Public Schools began requiring homeschool parents to reapply for a religious exemption to public education once their children turn 14 years old. The school district also requires homeschool families to write statements … |
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Ask Dr. Shari: Home school? Seriously? One guy's rant …
Hibbing Daily Tribune I read an article about home schooling and it was the last straw. I can't believe our society allows this. If a child is out of school during school hours he is questioned, but home-schooled kids are okay to do school “on their own time?” I think the … |
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Homeschool Performing Arts puts on 'A Little Princess'
WWMT-TV KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Igniting the imagination of young and old alike, the Homeschool Performing Arts will present Francis Hodgson Burnette's timeless story of "A Little Princess." A story that brings dreams to life is now coming to a … |
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School District Says Child Too Old to Homeschool
Home School Legal Defense Association Senior Counsel Dee Black answers questions and assists members with legal issues in Pennsylvania. He and his wife homeschooled their children. Read more >>. After filing the required notarized affidavit to begin a home education program for her … |
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SMACKED DOWN! School District Tries, Fails To Force Homeschoolers To …
Daily Caller School district officials in a generally rural central Virginia county have decided not to try to force homeschooling parents and children to justify their religious beliefs to the satisfaction of the government. The taxpayer-funded school board for … |
Patheos (blog) |
The Benefits of Homeschooling
Patheos (blog) As previously stated, my wife and I (cough, cough) homeschool our four children—and we love it. I mean, it's incredibly demanding and at times exacerbating, but every year we keep returning to this educational method. As you should know by now, I don … |
Charisma News |
School District Launched 'Religious Inquisition' Into Homeschooling Parents
Charisma News "When I spoke with the school superintendent about this issue he stated that part of the rationale in changing the policy was to allow the board to ascertain if a homeschooled child really wants to be homeschooled so that they, 'can be given the … |