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 [...]
Drew Gamblin, a Maryland public high school student, was homeschooled from 6th grade until he chose the high school experience of “debate team, music, drama and senior prom.” He’s getting more than he bargained for trying to integrate his homeschool educational work into his public high school transcript.
Gifted Student Is Being Held Back By Graduation [...]
From New York State’s Linda Aragoni:
Here’s a link to an editorial about one district’s attempt to find ways to include homeschoolers in extracurricular activities. It is from the October 1, 2009 Canandaigua (NY) Daily Messenger.
Editorial: These kids don’t have to be forgotten
Many of them are fine young athletes, but you won’t read their name in the [...]
The following article is a good illustration of the strings that eventually follow when taking state funding. Mary
A memo sent this week says home-school programs that receive public money must reach for Oregon state standards
Friday, June 03, 2005
LUCIANA LOPEZ
The Oregon Department of Education clamped down this week on programs that receive public school money [...]
