Apparently the Obama/Duncan team is supporting “open source” educational curriculum for high school and college work. The details are in the Legislative Update from Education Legislative Services.
The president is proposing to invest $500 million over the next 10 years to create world-class online college and high school courses that will be available to all 24/7/365.”
“Colleges, [...]
Virtual students’ go to school without being in school
From the Post-Star in the Adirondack region of New York
By Tim Engle October 18, 2009
Philip Marten of Shawnee, Kansas, was homeschooled until high school. Now he attends school online from home. As co-conductor of the Kansas City Youth Symphony he finds the virtual school a good fit [...]
New school board members were recently elected in Alaska. One of the incumbents has a couple of issues at the top of his priority list:
Anderson, Navarre take school board seats
By Dante Petri | Peninsula Clarion
Anderson, Navarre take school board seats Peninsula Clarion October 07, 2009
I think there’s evidence in the national press that there’s a [...]
Helen Hegener posted a heads up late last week on Home Education Magazine.
Below is a 2008 article on the Fox News website about unschooling:
‘World of Warcraft’ Gets Kids Interested in School
But the person talking in this case is Constance Steinkuehler, an educational researcher who organized an afterschool group for boys to play, for educational [...]
Updated September, 2009
In our opinion, the best way we can protect our homeschool freedoms is to be fully informed concerning our rights and responsibilities.
A good book that helps us understand that our choice to homeschool is a political act is Taking Charge Through [...]
