More of a revolution than you thought



From Amber Pawlik's lengthy rant at mensnewsdaily.com on the homeschool revolution we glean these gems:



"There is a home schooling revolution in this country. And the leftists know it. And it drives them nuts."



and



"Home-schooled children are also grounded in principles and morals, something anathema to the left.



"The success of the home schools drives leftists nuts. First, it proves one does not need to be an “expert” to do something as simple as teaching a child K – 12 course material. Leftists become increasingly unable to make parents feel inferior in parenting and raising their own children. Most of all, though, leftists know one thing: home-schooled children tend to come out Republican."



Pssst... Amber! Wake-up call! Many homeschooling parents are leftists. And their children too. Pretty revolutionary, huh?

Yo! Canada



From the "don't you just love it when they don't quote sources" file we have a homeschooling study in Canada that found - surprise, surprise - Headline: Home-schoolers win the academic battle. "Most home-schooled students outperform their peers in regular schools, but it's the opportunity to teach beliefs and values that is driving parents to educate their children at home," the Calgary Herald says the study finds. So, all you Canadian homeschoolers, is it true that 85% of those who opt for homeschooler are Christian, or was there some of the same old bias problem in this study we've seen in ones done south of the border?

Slogging Back to the Blog

Slogging Back to the Blog



It's been ages since I've kept up with posting regularly, but I'm intending to revive this blog. Look for controversial issues and news commentary in the near future.

Homeschooling News Links



Loudon Times-Mirror

School Board debates letting home-schoolers take PSAT



The LaPorte Herald Argus

Home schoolers may soon sit in LaPorte classrooms



NewsNet5 (Cleveland)

Home-Schooled Girl Kicked Off Volleyball Team



Sun Herald

Lit class registration to begin



Modesto Bee

Truancy ruling on home-schoolers creates confusion



Worldnet Daily

Parent-directed education



Houma Courier Today

HOME & FAMILY: Homeschoolers find their niche



Miami.com

Home school to high school



Houma Courier Today

More parents opting for homeschooling



Pantagraph.com

Academy supplements home schooling efforts



Cape Cod Times

From classroom to living room



MidValleySunday.com

Who watches the home-schoolers?



Nunatsiaq News

The Homeschool Experiment



NorthJersey News

Cancer patient, high school at odds



Vancouver Sun

Community hall an alternative to long bus ride, homeschooling

Homeschool News Links



My San Antonio: Cartoons about homeschooling

Nacho Guarache #1

Nacho Guarache #2

Nacho Guarache #3

Nacho Guarache #4

Nacho Guarache #5



Houston Chronicle

Teens making the grade in medical school



Christianity Today

The little school in the living room grows up



Tech Central Station

Teach the children well



The State

Homeschooling new niche market



femai.co.uk

The Class Divide



The Dominion Post

Pennsylvania school board denies sports to home-schoolers



Daily Herald

Home, school one in same



The Republican Journal

Home-schooling up, SAD 3 enrollment down



The Washington Times

Online Instructors Conduct Classes



Herald Times Reporter

Students plug in to regional virtual school



Press Democrat

Simon Stumps in Sonoma



Newport News Times

Early enrollment shows loss of Eddyville Students

The perils and pitfalls of definitions



It is the nature of definitions that they limit.



How ironic, it seems, that trying to pin down a definition of homeschooling could impinge on our freedom to homeschool. But that is, in fact, exactly what defining it in law does.



Let's examine, for a moment, the alternative. If we don't define homeschooling, then anyone and everyone can call themselves homeschoolers. It seems a little silly to invite that possibility, yet trying to prevent it by defining homeschooling in law brings certain regulation.



If a state does not allow homeschoolers to self-identify — and by self-identify, I mean that they decide for themselves that they are homeschoolers, rather than having the state determine for them whether they are or not — then the state is regulating homeschooling in some way. In other words, if the state is not simply taking a homeschooling parent's word for it that they are educating their children, then the state is requiring homeschoolers to jump through one or more regulatory hoops to demonstrate or prove that they fit the state's definition of homeschooling.



We can't have zero regulation if homeschoolers are not allowed to self-identify. It's a messy reality.

More Homeschool News Links



Los Angeles Daily News

Home school issue unclear



The Claremont Institute

Home school backlash



Rocky Mountain News

Home schooling on growth spurt



Rocky Mountain News

Q&A: State reveals how to get started at home schooling



Times Record News

Learning curve



World Net Daily

Home-school battle heats up in California



Daily Camera

Women open store for home schoolers



WorldNetDaily

Public education vs. homeschoolers



Cincinnati Post

Home-schoolers worried about online academy



Pacific Business News

Maui-based virtual community targets home-school families



Abilene Reporter-News

Flexibility, control keys to homeschooling



Gates Chili-Post

Home schoolers hit hard by library cuts



Sun-Herald: Moms

Homeschool benefits outweigh public school experience



Education Guardian UK

Opting Out



Ames Tribune

Learning at home



Nevada Daily Mail

Learning in the living room



Greenville Herald Banner

Home school programs mark progress locally



Enlightened path

New school counters MCAS-based mentality



St. Petersburg Times

No place like home



Washington Times

The challenge of cyber schools



Tallahassee Democrat

Remy Shand at home on Motown



Anchorage Daily News

Murkowski speaks on education



Globe and Mail

Edmonton board embraces choice to fight cutbacks



Sun Sentinel

Parents in school groups will help



Modesto Bee

Private schools grow



Boston Globe Magazine

Encounter: Joe Perry