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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Judge investigated for homeschooling threat
A threat by a Utah judge to take away a homeschooling mom's children if she failed to enroll them in public school, and make sure they were in attendance every day, has been escalated to the level of the state Legislature, according to a homeschooling leader. Read more...
Labels: homeschool, Politics, Utah
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Homeschoolers in Utah
They've won national spelling bees, earned perfect college entrance test scores and created their own field trips, dance studios, choirs and proms.
West Jordan mom Alison Maynes, in background at right, home-schools her six children. The children attend school year-round. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret Morning News)
Scott G. Winterton, Deseret Morning News
West Jordan mom Alison Maynes, in background at right, home-schools her six children. The children attend school year-round.
Home-schoolers seem not so far off the beaten path anymore. Some even participate in an online curriculum, complete with standardized tests and a Utah-certified schoolteacher — a sort of public-school, home-school hybrid.
"I've home-schooled for 14 years, and when I first started, people thought we were wacko. I don't live on a compound, I don't have different religious beliefs ... I just wanted to spend more time with my children," said Laura Belnap, director of Washington Online and former director of Utah Online Academy. Read more...
Labels: Utah
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Homeschooled may soon play on UT school teams
Students who are educated at home, or who attend private or charter schools, would be eligible to play on sports teams and participate in other extracurricular activities at regular public schools in the districts where they reside under a proposal that passed a final Senate vote Monday. Read more...
Labels: homeschool, sports, Utah
