From School Reform News: The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has gathered greater than 14,500 signatures from citizens who object to language in a new form Colorado parents must complete to obtain immunization exemptions for…
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School Choice Round-Up
There is good news and bad from the states on school choice, as compiled by the Heartland Institute in its School Reform News. First, the bad news: “A Minnesota family choosing to educate their child…
School Choice: The Milwaukee Magnet
When it becomes successful in their own backyards, even die-hard liberals support school choice. “I support [means-tested, not universal] vouchers, I support homeschooling, I support charter schools, I support changes in the traditional system, [and]…
Bad News about Alternative Lifestyles
This year, a Catholic University sociologist published results of a study of children of same-sex parents that runs counter to much of the happy talk on the subject emanating from academia. “In the past two…
11-year-old Kid Suspended by School for a Leaf that Isn’t Marijuana
A school official thought the kid had a marijuana leaf in his possession and the child was suspended and put into a homeschooling program, among other actions. But, the leaf was from a Japanese tree.
America has an Estimated 2.2 Million Homeschooled Children
That’s quite a big number and it is growing. Also, the good news is that a good amount of local school districts are easing rules on restricting homeschooling.
School Choice a Major Issue in GOP, puts Mitt Romney ahead of Jeb Bush
Homeschooling or other options vs. Common Core means the former will win in the GOP. No surprise there.
MOOCs Expand, Homeschoolers Beware
The School Reform News, published by the Heartland Institute, found there are over 1,200 massive open online courses, or MOOCs, offered by over 200 universities and taken by an estimated ten million K-12 students. Florida…
Teacher’s Union Misses Millions
Apparently, some teacher’s union officials have taken too much public school math. “On a Saturday in May, members of the Michigan Education Association held a walk in Midland bringing attention to public school funding,” the…
Home School vs. Public School
The homeschooling phenomenon is continuing its upward spiral.