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Wednesday | US News & World Report

Poll: Deaths of Michael Jackson and Steve Irwin Draw Equal Interest From American Public

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Washington, DC, Education, Barack Obama, Opinion

Tue Jul 07, 2009

US News & World Report

Good News for Home-Schooling: Single-Sex Classrooms May Increase Girls' Learning

Home-schooling parents of home-schooled daughters take note: I'm not a huge fan of home-schooling as I believe the socialization kids receive at school is critical to success later on in the real world.

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Related Topix: Education, Kids, Family

Washington Times

HOME-SCHOOLING: College seekers must stand out

College admissions guru and Sage Group CEO Stephen Spaulding has some good advice for home-schoolers: Go with your strengths.

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Related Topix: Education, Duke University

Sun Jul 05, 2009

IBJ.COM

Budget includes pilot program for virtual schools

The new Indiana budget passed by legislators this week includes a pilot program for virtual charter schools, which provide more than half of a child's instruction online.

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Related Topix: Education

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Washington Times

HOME-SCHOOLING: Losing ground all over Europe

While the freedom to home-school in America continues to expand, the opposite is true in Europe.

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Related Topix: Education

Wed Jul 01, 2009

New York Daily News

Home schooling for young robbery perps

Under the program, youths under 18 arrested for robbery will work with cops from Police Housing Area 5, who will visit their homes and teach their families how to prevent them from falling into a life of crime, police said.

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Related Topix: Education, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Response: This clampdown on home education doesn't help children | Carolyne Willow

Fundamental changes to the law affecting the rights and the freedom of about 80,000 children may be sneaked into a bill going through parliament, after the review into home education by Graham Badman .

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Education

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Kent Online

'The parenting police' - you hit out at home education plans

Parents are hitting back at plans for what they believe are Big Brother-style powers to inspect home schooling.

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Related Topix: Parenting, Family, Education

Fri Jun 26, 2009

ScienceBlogs

Home schooling priorities [Pharyngula]

The Week In ScienceBlogs: Sign up for our newsletter. Profile I reserve the right to publicly post, with full identifying information about the source, any email sent to me that contains threats of violence.

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Related Topix: Education, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Washington Times

HOME-SCHOOLING: School districts receive net gain

Comments In my ongoing search for information and studies on the impact of home-schooling, I found an interesting study by John Wenders and Andrea Clements called "Homeschooling in Nevada: The Budgetary Impact." This study, sponsored by the Nevada Policy Research Institute, an independent research organization that neither seeks nor accepts any ...

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Related Topix: Education, Education Etc., Prison

Tue Jun 23, 2009

ArgusLeader.com

Letters: Home schooling

It was interesting to read from a home-schooler's perspective the Argus Leader report about the increase in home-schooling. Making generalizations in order to lump individuals into labeled groups is easy when statistics are involved, but this distracts from what actually is happening.

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Related Topix: Education, Mathematics, Science, Sioux Falls Metro, Sioux Falls, SD, Opinion

Sun Jun 21, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Schooling we love to hate

It is often derided as a 'hippie' alternative, but for many the decision to home school a child is the right one.

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Related Topix: Education

Fri Jun 19, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Not so fast: Home schooling trumps full-day kindergarten

Web-exclusive commentary Not so fast: Home schooling trumps full-day kindergarten Research shows home-schooled kids outperform their public-school peers.

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Related Topix: Education, Family, Kids, Virginia, Opinion

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Washington Times

HOME-SCHOOLING: Teaching morals a parental priority

Comments From 1999 to 2007, the number of home-schoolers nearly doubled, from about 1.7 percent of school-aged children to 2.9 percent in 2007.

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Related Topix: Education, Parenting, Family

Tue Jun 16, 2009

KYTX-TV News

Home Schooling Is On The Rise

"We made the decision to home school because we really felt like we could give them a very good education," said Pamela Bump.

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Related Topix: Education

Berrows Journal

Want to teach your child at home? Youa ll have to register

PARENTS who want to home-school their child will have to register with their local council, it has been announced.

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Related Topix: Education

Herald-Bulletin

Viewpoint: Is Legislature promoting education or subjugation?

Recently, tucked in the inner pages of The Herald Bulletin, there was a short news blurb regarding how to compute the "teaching" days in Indiana public schools.

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Related Topix: Education, Harmony, IN, New Harmony, IN, Opinion

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Spiked

Rule 20: The state should stay out of home schooling

Speaking personally, I find it hard to imagine a worse way of educating my children than trying to do it myself, at home.

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Related Topix: Education, Kids, Family

Argus Leader

Home schooling ticks up in state, U.S.

The number of home-schooled children in the United States almost has doubled in the past decade, according to a new federal government report.

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Related Topix: Education, Sioux Falls Metro, Sioux Falls, SD

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Free Republic

Parents must consider disadvantages before home schooling

For many, home schooling is a poor choice because the parents fail to provide an atmosphere that is truly conducive to learning.

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Related Topix: Education

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