Saturday, November 25, 2006

Education - Teen needs home that he can get to (New York Daily News)


Teen needs home that he can get to (New York Daily News)
All Malvon Moore wants is a new home for the holidays.

Patt Morrison: No Starlet Left Behind, Not Even Lindsay Lohan (HuffingtonPost)
Actress Lindsay Lohan's publicly released and alarmingly incoherent letter of condolence to director Robert Altman's family -- see below -- should be dismaying to both public education supporters and home schoolers: Believers in the former might be startled to learn that Miss Lohan was reportedly a straight-A student in Long Island's public schools. And for fans of home schooling, Miss Lohan

Friday, November 24, 2006

Home education - Officials hit home-school policy (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)


Officials hit home-school policy (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
WORCESTER - The chairman of the School Committee's program development committee last night called "very shortsighted" a policy that designates all home-schooled students who decide to attend public high school as freshmen without consideration for age or achievement.

Extra B14bn for schooling over four years (Bangkok Post)
The cabinet and the Budget Bureau will inject an additional 14 billion baht into the 12 years of free education scheme over the next four fiscal years.

Students hunt down lessons of history in Monroe museum (The Houma Courier)
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and home-schoolers from the Christian Homeschool Association went on a scavenger hunt to discover history at the Aviation and Military History Museum in Monroe.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Home schooling - Accent America Could Help Arnold (and 21 Million Others) Pronounce Cal-i-for-nia


Accent America Could Help Arnold (and 21 Million Others) Pronounce Cal-i-for-nia
... John Baugh, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Anthropology, Education, English and Linguistics at Washington University, St. Louis ...

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Home education - Florida Department of Education


Florida Department of Education
Florida Department of Education Florida Department of Education Education Home Page ...

Monday, November 20, 2006

Education - State officials plan to scrutinize homeschooling


State officials plan to scrutinize homeschooling
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Nov 17, 2006... State law require parents to fill out and submit to a local attendance officer a one-page form that says they are home schooling their child. ...

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Home education - Education: Homeschooling


Education: Homeschooling
A growing number of people including Muslims, are choosing to educate their children at home. Education. Home Schooling: Reasons and Resources. A growing number of people including Muslims, are