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 [...]
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 [...]
Looking ahead in 2005
First, thank you – American Homeschool Association – for this wonderful opportunity for our individual voices to be heard.
With this New Year, I find myself looking back to where homeschooling has been and forward to where homeschooling is going. Among the issues facing homeschoolers today are several which were unthinkable in [...]
