Laura Weldon recently sent along a link to a new post she has written and posted at Laura Grace Weldon called All Day Every Day Video Game Learning for the readers here to enjoy.
Thanks Laura!
“What civic value do you believe is most essential to being an American?” is this year’s topic for the nation’s largest high school essay contest.
Sponsored by the Bill of Rights Institute, the contest is open to homeschool students as well as those in traditional schools. Last year’s contest drew over 30,000 entries.
Both teachers and students [...]
Metro Homeschool of Blue Springs, Mo., beat 11 other teams to win first place in the BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) division the 2009 River Valley BEST Robotics competition Oct. 31 on the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith campus.
Metro also took first place in the Robot Competition.
Metro advances to the Frontier Trails BEST [...]
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, [...]
Theater cast presents $1,190 to home school
NORTH TONAWANDA—Cast members from Starry Night Theatre’s record- breaking production of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” last weekend presented a check for $1,190 to North Tonawanda Catholic Home School Association President Barb Fronczak after the closing performance in Ghostlight Theatre.
Contributed by Linda Aragoni
