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5-13-08 |
Tennessee Home Schoolers Face Job Losses—Diplomas Invalid?
Three
Tennessee daycare workers have lost their jobs, and a police
officer is in danger of losing his. These people were not
habitually tardy or insubordinate; the police officer has an
exemplary record. The only problem with these employees is
that they all have diplomas from home schools, and in
Tennessee, that is a huge problem right now. The only thing
that can save their jobs now is passage of H.B. 1652, which
would revise the new interpretation that the Tennessee
Department of Education has placed on the way the state
views diplomas from home schools. |
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5-06-08 |
TAKS Free—Home Schooled Children Exempt from State Tests
“While testing is part of home school curriculums, it is a
small sliver compared to the time spent throughout the year
in public schools preparing students for the Texas
Assessment of Knowledge and Skills." |
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4-29-08 |
Where's the Evidence of Abuse?
In this
article for the Dallas Morning News, Scott Henson
asks what evidence of abuse Child Protective Services has
actually found in the case of the Fundamentalist Latter Day
Saints members in Eldorado. He alleges that the only thing
the court in the case has really objected to is the belief
system the children have been taught.
Why is the State Called Texas?
“ Texas. What's in a name?
Perhaps a whole linguistic misunderstanding.“You may have
heard the name comes from the Spanish name for the Tejas
Indian tribe or kingdom. But none such ever existed." |
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4-22-08 |
Home
School Graduates Adjust to Life at UT
Mary
Hooper, reporter for The Daily Texan, examines how
former home schoolers are adjusting to life at a large
university. She delves into what being homeschooled was like
for these students, how they were “socialized,” and what it
has meant for them in college life. The report also
describes the college application process for home schoolers
at UT.
Breaking the Law?
“She's
crunched by a budget, like most California teachers. She
faces an increase in class size, like most California
teachers. She makes no protest. There's nobody to protest
to. Except maybe her husband." |
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4-08-08 |
Congressional Resolution to be Introduced by Congressman
Buck McKeon in Support of Homeschooling, Parental Rights
Nearly
three dozen members of Congress including the senior
Republican on the U.S. House Education Committee today
announced plans to introduce a
resolution in support of parental rights in education,
including the rights of parents who choose to home school
their children. The resolution comes on the heels of the
California 2nd District Court of Appeal decision (In re
Rachel L.) that found parents without teaching
credentials who home school their children are violating
California law….
Threat to Homeschooling
John Stossel writes that a
California appellate court ruling that parents have no
constitutional right to homeschool their children, pinned
its decision on the statement that
"a primary purpose of government schools is to train
schoolchildren ‘in loyalty to the state." |
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4-01-08 |
Court to Reconsider California Ruling
The
Pacific Justice Institute received word on March 26 that the
ruling which declared most forms of home schooling in
California unlawful was vacated. This means the decision
will not go into effect and the case will be reheard, with
another set of briefings due to occur later this month. |
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3-25-08 |
NY Times Article Lauds Home School Basketball Tournament
A
reporter from The New York Times attended the last
night of the National Christian Homeschool Basketball
Championship. In his article, reporter Joe Drape describes
the scene prior to the 6-A Girls’ Championship game and
interviews several players. |
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3-18-08 |
California Resists Home School Ruling
On March 12
Time magazine published an account of some small
relief to the Calif. home educators regarding the recent
shock of a court ruling, which outlaws home schooling.
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3-11-08 |
Courts Outlaw Home Education in California
The
following is from a San Francisco Chronicle article,
March 7:
“A
California appeals court ruling clamping down on
homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent
shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated
166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at
risk of prosecution.
Judge Orders Homeschoolers into Government
Education
WorldNetDaily, February 29, 2008
Home Schoolers'
Setback Sends Shock Waves Through the State
San Francisco Chronicle, March
7, 2008
See what TIME magazine has to say
about the issue.
California Resists Home School Ruling, Mar.
12, 2008
Governor Vows to Protect Homeschooling
San Francisco Chronicle, March
8, 2008
Does this ruling impact Texas home schoolers?
Tim Lambert answers this question and addresses the results
of the primary elections in Texas. |
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3-11-08 |
CBS News Video: Why Families Home School
The
CBS Early Show recently did a two-part story on home
schooling. The first part, “Three Ways to Home School,”
shows that home
schooling allows children the time to pursue passions they
would
otherwise have no time for, including socializing
with other children.
The
second story shows the reasons different families
homeschool. It focuses on a military family whose father is
a Marine, serving in Iraq at the time of the interview, and
a family that suffered a tragic loss. |
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3-04-08 |
George
Washington on Church and State
A book
review by Tom Pauken of Dallasblog.com discusses a new work
by Tara Ross and Joseph Smith, Jr.: Under God: George
Washington and the Question of Church and State. |
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2-26-08 |
Connecticut Parents Advocate Bill on Leaving Public School
Home schooling parents in
Connecticut are supporting the passage of a bill that would
clarify the requirements to withdraw a child from public
school to homeschool him. The proposed bill would allow
parents to simply send a certified letter to their public
school if they decide to homeschool.
While a Department of Children and Families (DCF) spokesman
stated that his department no longer investigates complaints
of neglect just because a family is homeschooling, when
families and schools clash over withdrawing a child, a call
is usually made to DCF. |
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2-12-08 |
But What About Socialization?
This
article reports on the results of several research projects
comparing home schooled students to students in public
schools. Researchers studied self-esteem, suicide rates, and
how students treated other people during the different
studies. The results will encourage home schoolers and
soothe the qualms of skeptical relatives.
Winners of Home School Video Contest on YouTube
A distance
learning school in California sponsored a video contest for
home schoolers in which the students answered the question:
What’s cool about home school? A 14-year-old from
Santa Paula took first place. |
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2-05-08 |
Locking a Nation into Permanent Childhood
Vin Suprynowicz uses John Taylor
Gatto’s research to argue that government schooling has
become a business whose only success comes from making
learning seem difficult.
Heisman Trophy Winner’s Parents to Share Testimonies
Bob and Pam Tebow, the parents of Heisman Trophy winner Tim
Tebow, are among the keynote speakers at the iTell365
Evangelism Conference, set for March 2-4 at First Baptist
Church of Orlando. |
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1-19-08 |
Home School Basketball Team Making the Grade
The
Homeschool Christian Youth Association (HCYA) basketball
team plays in a renovated baseball facility and has no home
games, but they are considered one of the top teams in the
Houston area. |
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1-22-08 |
Kyle Orth Wins Piano Scholarship
Kyle Orth,
a 16 year-old, home schooled junior from Richardson, has
earned a chance to compete in the Music Teachers National
Association (MTNA) Senior Piano Competition in Denver,
Colorado. The competition is in March.
“Chance” Meeting on Airplane Leads to Teen’s Adoption
Seeing
17-year-old Christina Friesen curled on the couch with her
father affirms their obvious bond. She looks as content as
any teenage girl who has her father's heart wrapped around
her little finger. |
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1-15-08 |
SWAT Officers Invade Home
SWAT
team officers invaded a home schooling family’s mobile home,
after receiving permission from a local magistrate. The
situation came about as a result of the father’s decision to
monitor his son’s condition himself, after the boy hurt his
head in a fall.
Georgetown Home Schoolers Use Puppets in Anti-Smoking
Campaign
Home
schooled students from Georgetown have developed and are
performing a Muppet-like puppet show that teaches the
dangers of smoking. They have presented the show at local
elementary schools, and the response has been enthusiastic.
Utah Mom Exonerated
Denise
Mafi, the Utah home schooling mom accused of breaking
compulsory attendance laws and threatened with the removal
of her children from her home, had all charges dismissed on
December 7, 2007. |
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1-08-08 |
South
Plains Home Schooler Wins 4-H Gold Star Award
Lifelong
home school student Trevor Gicklhorn was honored with the
4-H Gold Star Award at a banquet November 19, 2007. Trevor,
along with his family, has been involved in 4-H his entire
life.
Truancy Hearing Targets Home Schooling Mom
Utah
home schooling mom Denise Mafi has left her home to avoid
having her children taken away. She left her home and all
her belongings after being threatened with arrest. She plans
to return to Utah for her trial on January 9. |
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12-31-07 |
Educrats Ride Bigot Bandwagon
Olivia
St. John details renewed prejudice against home schoolers in
Utah, South Carolina, and California. From a judge who
completely denounces home schooling to the South Carolina
democrat who compares a home school mom on the school board
to Dick Cheney teaching a gun safety course, naysayers are
boldly speaking out against freedom of education. |
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12-18-07 |
Crosby Homeschoolers Learn Lessons in Own Way
Five
home schooling families in Crosby have formed a support
group, enabling them to share ideas, hold each other
accountable, and socialize. They even plan to show
the THSC documentary, Taking a Stand in Texas: The Battle
for Home School Freedom.
Former Home Schooler Wins Heisman
Tim
Tebow, a home schooler raised by missionary parents, won the
Heisman Award, college football’s highest honor, last week.
Tebow played high school football in Florida while still
being homeschooled. Florida law allows home schoolers to
participate in extracurricular public school activities. |
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12-11-07 |
Couple Celebrates 80 Years of Marriage
An East
Texas couple relates how they have sustained a marriage for
longer than many people live! This charming pair blends
humor and candor as they tell it like it was … and is. |
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12-01-07 |
Home Schooled Kids Barred from Activities
Home
schoolers from New York state discuss being barred from
extracurricular activities in their local public schools.
The father, recently denied another request to have his
children included in those activities, vows to continue
lobbying for schools to allow home schooled students to join
in extracurricular events and classes. |
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11-13-07 |
German Home Schoolers Facing $6300 Fine
Government officials in Germany are attempting to levy a
hefty fine on parents who are refusing to require their
children to attend public schools. The officials also want
to “stamp out parallel societies” such as those supposedly
inhabited by home schooling families and are looking for
ways to “bring the religious convictions of the family into
line with the … school attendance requirements.” |
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11-06-07 |
Dallas
Home School Football Team Perseveres
It’s not
easy to be a home school football player: substandard
facilities (city park), human goal posts, and financial
sacrifice. For these boys, however, it’s all worth it. Their
Friday night dreams are being fulfilled—one game at a time.
Click
here to see the video story. |
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10-30-07 |
Home School Team Excels at Robotics Competition
“Saturday was the end for many North Texas Boosting
Engineering, Science and Technology students after six long
weeks of practice. But for Whitewright, Sacred Heart, and
Texoma Home Educators, it marked the beginning of state
preparations.” |
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10-23-07 |
UIL
Restricts Activities by Home Schoolers
Because
of UIL restrictions, many home schooling parents in Texas
have to choose between keeping their teens at home and
sending them to the local public school. This hot topic is
discussed by parents and school officials in this article
out of Longview. |
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10-16-07 |
Report Provides Evidence of Academic Improvement in Lower
Socio-Economic Families
The
Fraser Institute reports that, despite lower education
levels and lower socio-economic levels, parents still
provide better education that public schools do for children
in those affected groups. |
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10-09-07 |
More
Time for Catapults!
This
columnist contrasts his own educational experience with that
of his children, who are home schooled. In his family,
spontaneity, teachable moments, and relaxed learning work
side-by-side with teaching the basics. |
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10-2-07 |
Home Schooling Comes of Age
Isabel
Lyman reports on the advances home schooling has made in the
last few decades. No longer considered an offbeat trend, its
students and supporters are now found in athletics,
academics, the arts, and politics. |
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9-25-07 |
Home Schooling: Both a Challenge and a Blessing
Several
Houston-area families discuss their reasons for
homeschooling. Those who began in the 1980s reflect on the
changes, both in attitudes toward the lifestyle and in the
choices of curricula and opportunities. |
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9-18-07 |
Virginia Home Schoolers in Public School Clubs
Students from home schools or
private schools in Prince William County, Virginia, are now
allowed to participate in some public school extracurricular
activities. |
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9-08-07 |
It Doesn’t Have to Cost a Fortune!
Home
school parents in the Kansas City area discuss how they make
it work on single incomes, and in one case, as a single
parent. |
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9-01-07 |
Popularity of Home Schooling Increases
Dr.
Brian Ray, with the National Home Education Research
Institute, cites statistical evidence that points to an
increase in the numbers of home schoolers throughout the
nation. Several families discuss the beginnings of their
home schooling journeys and how things have changed since
the early days of the modern movement. |
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8-28-07 |
Educational Options for Autistic Children
Lisa Jo
Rudy, mother of an autistic 11-year-old son, discusses her
reasons for deciding to homeschool him. She also enumerates
the pros and cons of different educational options in this
short opinion piece. |
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8-21-07 |
Why Parents MUST MySpace
Kevin
McCullough of TexasInsider.org urges parents to get involved
in this Internet networking craze in order to keep their
children safe from cyberspace dangers. |
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8-14-07 |
Duggars Have 17th Child
Jim Bob
and Michelle Duggar, home schooling parents from Arkansas,
have just welcomed their 17th child. |
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8-7-07 |
Home School Graduate Heads to West Point
After a weeklong camp at West Point a year ago, Grant Durham knew West
Point was where he belonged. |
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7-31-07 |
Home School Graduate Leads Diabetes Study
Baqiyyah
Conway, M.P.H., daughter of Helen Jones, a pioneer in the
Texas home schooling movement, is the lead author of an
abstract detailing research on the link between diabetes,
body fat, and heart disease. |
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7-24-07 |
But What About Socialization?
Schools are taking on the
problem of increased bullying. |
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7-17-07 |
Meet the Baker, Home Schooled Entrepreneur
Zach Pringle, a 15-year-old
homeschooler, supplies local Whole Foods stores with
brownies, scones and more from his commercial kitchen
trailer. |
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7-10-07 |
Houston Area
Brothers Excel in Competitions
Michael
and Ryan Wham, home schooled brothers from Houston, have
both done well in recent contests.
Michael won a scholarship in an international
science and engineering competition, and
Ryan was recognized
by C-Span for a documentary he filmed. |
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7-3-07 |
Two Different Home schooling Experiences: New York and Texas
A home school mom tells of the
different experiences of homeschooling both in New York and
then Texas, where people are free! |
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6-26-07 |
Homeschool Has Graduated
Two families homeschooled their
children, believing that students who are allowed to move at
their own pace are more likely to become successful. |
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6-19-07 |
Colleges, Universities More Welcoming of Homeschooled
Students
Homeschool graduates find
greater opportunities for a college education. |
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6-12-07 |
Homeschooling Spells Success
Home
schoolers excelled once again at the National Spelling Bee. |
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6-05-07 |
Homeschoolers and the Bee
Homeschoolers make up 10 to 15
percent of contestants in the National Spelling Bee.
Home School Graduation, Alaskan-Style
Simon Carlson received his
homeschool diploma from his mom and dad. |
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5-29-07 |
Home Schooling Proves Its Merit with Scholarships
In Minnesota, a home school
student is one of the state's 53 National Merit Scholarship
winners. |
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5-22-07 |
Some Parents Opt for School in the Kitchen
“What do a plastic surgeon, a
talk show host, a veterinarian, an artist, and the maitre d’
at The French Room have in common? They have all chosen to
homeschool their children.”
Students Taught by Mom Achieve at High Levels
The most recent and
comprehensive study of American homeschooling, done by Dr.
Lawrence Rudner of the University of Maryland in 1999,
concluded, “In every subject and every grade level of the
tests, homeschooled students scored significantly higher
than their public and private school counterparts. |
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5-15-07 |
Skewed Report: Parent-Taught Drivers More Accident Prone
A news article
presents research by the Texas Transportation Institute.
THSC gives a
response to this report.
Bills
concerning parent-taught driving are before the Texas
legislature.
Going
to School 'Not Compulsory'
Councils in England are being
reminded that parents have the right to educate their
children at home if they wish. |
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5-8-07 |
Socialization:
Homeschooling vs. Schools
“It was Theodore Roosevelt who
said, ‘To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to
educate a menace to society.’ Many homeschoolers share
this sentiment when it comes to public schools, believing
that the moral relativism, violence, peer pressure, drugs
and promiscuity found inside their gates provide an
inadequate setting to properly socialize their children.” |
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5-1-07 |
German Homeschool Girl is Home
“Melissa Busekros turned 16 today and is enjoying the day
with her parents at their home in Erlangen, Germany, near
Nuremberg. How long authorities will allow her to remain at
home is unclear.”
Melissa Busekros Flees State Custody
Melissa Busekros, the
schoolgirl taken by police and placed in a psychiatric
hospital because she was diagnosed with a "school phobia"
and was being homeschooled, has fled state custody to make a
midnight trip back to her own family, according to Joel
Thornton, president of
The International Human Rights Group. |
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4-24-07 |
Homeschool Bill Revisited
A bill allowing
homeschooled students to participate in public-school,
extracurricular activities will be introduced this week in
the Alabama State Legislature. |
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4-17-07 |
Council OKs Curfew Compromise
Local
homeschool families in Paris, Texas, have persuaded the city
officials to tentatively agree to a change in the daytime
youth curfew that was designed to keep children under 17 off
the streets during school hours. |
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4-10-07 |
“Youth Worker” Lies About Home Schooled Student
A youth services social worker
apparently has lied to a German television station about a
15-year-old homeschool student ordered into a psychiatric
ward because of her "school phobia," and another employee of
the same state division shut down a scheduled 1-hour weekly
visit with her family when her father showed her the
statement. |
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3-27-07 |
Curfew Ordinances Reviewed
THSC advised
the Paris, Texas, parents on ways to approach city officials
to work for repeal or amendment of the curfew ordinance.
Local newspapers carried the story, and later THSC was
approached by the mayor of Paris, asking how to best deal
with the situation. |
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3-20-07 |
Home-School Athletes: They Changed My Mind
Two girls from HCYA (Houston Christian Youth Association)
have received Division 1 scholarships for basketball.
Houston
Chronicle reporter Jenny Dial revised her ideas about home
schooled athletes after meeting the Houston HYCA girls’
basketball team. |
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3-17-07 |
Parents Pull Children Out of School, Protest TAKS
Several
parents in Nixon, Texas, are homeschooling their children
because of the TAKS test requirement in public schools.
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2-20-07 |
Honoring Texas History Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
Any attempt to judge our history
by today’s standards — out of the context from which it
occurred — is at best problematic and at worst dishonest. |
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2-13-06 |
Homeschooling: Are Parents Making the Grade in Educational
Decisions?
“On
Sept. 7, 2006, police raided the home of Katharina Plett and
arrested her for home schooling her 12 children. Home
schooling is illegal in Germany and is becoming increasingly
forbidden in many other European countries.” |
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1-23-07 |
Report on Home Schooling
A PBS
program on home schooling was filmed in December and is now
being broadcast on PBS stations around the country. The link
below will give you the program via streaming video. The
transcripts and the link to view this streamed program
follow these excerpts of the piece, which is posted on
pbs.org. |
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1-16-07 |
Broadman & Holman Publishing Shifts Home School Emphasis
In his
article that appeared at EthicsDaily.com on Jan. 3, 2007,
Bob Allen documented the Southern Baptist Conventions
LifeWay Christian Resources decision to discontinue its home
school division with Broadman & Holman. |
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1-09-07 |
Continuing Account of Discrimination
In another report (See
THSC E-Newsletter
1-2-06 for other stories.) about Ramon Perez–home school
father, Christian, and police officer–Jordan Smith of the
Austin Chronicle tells the officer’s reasons for pursuing
legal action against the Austin Police Department. |
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1-02-07 |
Home School Job
Discrimination
An
Austin police officer was forced to resign due to
discrimination based on his faith and the fact that he
homeschools his children.
Check out the December
Austin American-Statesman article.
See a CBS story with televised footage. |
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12-19-06 |
Many Roads to Quality Education
Many home educators have met with little or no support as
they decided to teach their own. Sometimes these dedicated
parents themselves wonder if they are equipped. Gain a
little encouragement from the article by Kate Tsubata that
was posted at washtimes.com, on November 27. |
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12-12-06 |
Learning Writing Skills Through Nature
In a
Dallas Morning News November 17, 2006, article, the
account of a Rockwall home school family and their study
group/co-op tells how one mother meets the needs of her
children and other students. |
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12-5-06 |
Science, Education, and Reason??
David Anderson of the UK posted his analysis of the British
Centre for Science Education and its views on home school
regulation on blogspot.com.
Can Any School Ensure Safety?
According to syndicated
columnist Cal Thomas, homeschool parents may feel like they
have made the right decision after reading about the
shooting at an Amish school in Pennsylvania. |
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11-28-06 |
Benefits of Home Schooling Reported
An
article posted at news8austin.com on October 25, 2006,
reports on home schooling in print and on television. In
the report, both professional educators and home schoolers
are interviewed, and National Home Education Research
Institute statistics are cited as well.
Parents Choose Home Schooling for Food-allergic Child
In her
article, posted October 17, 2006, The Cary News staff
writer, Wendy Mondello, tells the story of how she and her
husband made the decision to homeschool their son. |
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11-21-06 |
New York Students Thrive in Home Environment
The New
York-based westsidenewsonline.com posted an article on
October 29, 2006, highlighting several home school families’
activities and philosophies.
Amarillo Home School Team Volleyball Champs
Amarillo Home School Rockets win
second national tournament.
Home schoolers made news in Amarillo as the Amarillo Rockets
won the National Home School Volleyball Championship on
November 4 for the second year in a row. |
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11-14-06 |
Quebec Evangelical Schools Under Government Threat
Our
Christian neighbors to the north are experiencing government
interference with the private education of their children.
Read the article appearing at canada.com.
German Police Force Home School Children to Public School
In his article appearing October
25, 2006, at LifeSiteNews.com, Gudrun Schultz gives a
disturbing account of the situation regarding home schooling
in Germany. |
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11-07-06 |
Media Outreach to Home Schoolers
Many C.S. Lewis and The
Chronicles of Narnia enthusiasts in the home school
community were excited about seeing a quality portrayal of
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in American
theaters. Movie makers have taken note and are now seeking
input from the home school community. |
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10-31-06 |
Home School Kids Not Sheltered
New
Jersey home schoolers answer the socialization
question in an article by Michelle Pittman, which was posted
October 22, 2006, in The Express Times at nj.com. |
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10-24-06 |
MIT Alumni Choose Home Schooling
A 2005
article that appeared in the MIT Technology Review is
a source of encouragement and exhortation to home schoolers
who might be wondering if they’re hurting their children’s
chances for success by home schooling.
Colleges Seeking Home School Graduates
To many colleges and
universities across the nation, home school graduates are
becoming a desirable target for enrollment. AP reporter Alan
Scher Zagier wrote an article documenting evidence of this
positive change for home schoolers; the article is posted at
cbsnews.com. |
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10-17-06 |
Dog Debate Leads to Home
Schooling
There
are many reasons that parents choose to homeschool their
children. Diana Schoberg tells of an unusual one in her
article, which was posted on August 26, 2006, at
patriotledger.com.
Home School Community Could Teach Schools
Brandon Hendrickson, a graduate student at Arizona State
University, wrote an entertaining and insightful article
based on his experience of seeing home schooling from both
sides. |
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10-10-06 |
Rally Around German Home Schoolers
THSC has
been following the accounts of persecution of home schoolers
in Germany. In an article posted September 26, 2006, at
WorldNetDaily, Bob Uruh tells of a call to contact the
German embassy in an effort to affect change for our fellow
home educators. |
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10-03-06 |
Why We Homeschool
WebCommentary.com offers
a platform for discussion of current issues. Contributing
author Tom Barrett submitted an article that his wife had
written in 2004, which chronicles her journey to home
schooling. |
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9-26-06 |
First Day of (Home) School
Home
school student Kyle Beck is a 15-year-old contributing
writer for the Fauquier
Times-Democrat. His commentary was posted at TimesCommunity.com on
September 5, 2006.
German
Government Not Home School-Friendly
There have been several postings
over the last few weeks regarding a family, the father of
which spent a week in jail for refusing to put his children
in public school.
Home School Family in Germany Flees
German home-school family flees to Austria
German Parents Wanting to Homeschool Turn to EU Court
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9-19-06 |
Teacher Textbook Editions Forbidden on eBay
When home school parents have
opinions, they tend to share them. In this August 27th
WorldNetDaily exclusive, read how a major online resource
site drew ire from this community of educators after the
company adopted a new policy.
Home Schooling vs. Public Schooling
Real life lessons and realities
are not necessarily found in the classrooms of public
institutions. In her commentary that appeared in an August
27th article in the American Chronicle, Mary Lanphier
explains why alternative modes of education might prove the
better option. |
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9-12-06 |
Take It From Someone Who Knows
The best testimonies come from
those who were there for the experience. Home school student
Ginny Davis explains the many valuable assets of her
education in a commentary that appeared August 27 in the
Lansing State Journal.
From Start to Finish
Some parents can never imagine
that once they begin educating their children at home they
will continue until their students graduate — but it happens
regularly! In this article by reporter Rob Rogers that was
printed in the Record Searchlight on August 27, learn how
one family started their home schooling adventure and have
sent their oldest child to college, with more students soon
to follow. |
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9-5-06 |
Home Schooling In the News: Home Education and Athletics
Make the Perfect Balance
A flexible schedule has proven
to be one of home schooling’s most valuable assets. Athletes
have found this particularly true as they strive to spend
more time dedicated to their sport. In her August 23
article, Jodie Wagner of the Palm Beach Post tells
the story of one female gymnast who discovered these
benefits. |
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8-29-06 |
Parents Taking Charge of Education Matters
In an article posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006, on
EastBayRI.com, the author gives a short history of home
schooling in the U.S. The article tells of the support and
concerns that always arise in conversations about home
education.
Independent Faces of Home Schooling
An article by Erin Pustay, which
was posted on IndeOnline.com, follows the experiences of
Ohio home school families, each with individual educational
methods. |
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8-22-06 |
What Are We Teaching?
Some have cited a lack of diversity and too much parental
input as a weakness in a home schooler’s education. Parents
and friends connected to the home schooling movement refute
these claims in a series of blogs posted August 10, 2006 on
the The News-Sentinel Website. |
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8-15-06 |
High School – Real Life?
You have probably heard it
before. “If you choose to not enroll your child in the
public high school, then they will miss out on the wonderful
‘real world’ experiences their peers will have.” In her
opinion column published in the July 27 issue of the Gilroy
Dispatch, Cynthia Walker debunks this mainstream myth. |
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8-8-06 |
American Home Schoolers to the Rescue in South Korea’s
Churches
Home schooling has advantages for missionaries in the field. |
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8-1-06 |
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