in the news
Announcing Homeschool In A Box (HIAB)
Saturday, February 27th, 2010If you’ve visited the site lately, you may have noticed a new link hanging around in the navigation menu. It’s not active yet, but it will be soon…I am pleased to announce that this site is being taken to a whole new level!
In a bid to make home education as accessible and low-cost as possible, [...]
Mother Who Home Schools Receives Custody in Divorce Case
Monday, February 15th, 2010A St. Charles County mother now has the final say in whether she continues to home-school her children, but a judge’s ruling in a divorce case also suggests she find work to support herself.
Lisa Payne-Naeger and Jeff Naeger were awarded joint legal custody of their children, ages 14 and 16, in a ruling signed Monday [...]
WoW 15 Minutes of Fame: Horde of Unschoolers
Monday, February 8th, 2010This article is taken from World of Warcraft 15 minutes of fame
15 Minutes of Fame is our look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes – both the renowned and the relatively anonymous.
What would happen if you let your child stay out of school to explore whatever she is most interested [...]
Labels That Unschoolers Reject
Monday, February 8th, 2010Our school systems like to label children, then medicate them for these so-called problems. Kids are said to be ”learning disabled,” “hyperactive,” “oppositionally defiant,” and to have a variety of other “disorders.” I’ve written about this for years, preferring to think that the problem is with the schooling system rather than with the children. All too often, schools deflect [...]
German Homeschooling Family Granted Political Asylum: A Win for Both Civil and Human Rights
Sunday, February 7th, 2010February 6, 10:21 PMDavenport Early Childhood Parenting ExaminerValerie Powers
After fleeing to America to avoid political persecution, “Educational Asylum Seekers,” German couple Uwe and Hannelore Romeike have been granted political asylum by a federal judge. The judge agreed that there was a “well-founded fear of persecution,” due to their educational philosophies. The family of seven moved from Germany in late [...]
6 year-old Homeschooled Student suspended…
Friday, February 5th, 2010From Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa – A 6-year-old home-schooler who ran afoul of “zero tolerance” policies was suspended because he took a shotgun shell to his school.
The first-grader’s mother, Charlene Beattie, says the one-week suspension imposed by the Des Moines school district, lacked common sense.
Beattie says her son, Matthias, is “a little kid from the [...]
Millionaire High School Dropouts
Friday, February 5th, 2010Think that schooling from home is a sure way to kill your child’s future? Read this:
Millionaire High School Dropouts
People assume that if you don’t have a piece of paper called a “high school diploma”, you won’t get anywhere in life. I’m not one to burst bubbles, but I know MANY homeschooled kids with no so-called [...]
21 Ways For Your Children To Help Haitian Earthquake Victims
Saturday, January 16th, 2010I don’t think anyone is unaware of the horrible events that have left over 50 000 Haitians dead, and rising. Time to show the world what kids can accomplish…especially homeschooled kids!
Pray
No one can really deny the power of prayer. Since at least the dawn of recorded history, and regardless of what your personal religious beliefs [...]
Sweden—the Next Germany for Homeschoolers?
Sunday, October 4th, 2009This is a reprint of the article issued by HSLDA in mid-September. Makes us think about how lucky we have it, in North America and MOST of Europe!
Home School Legal Defense Association has sent a formal letter of inquiry to the head of a local Swedish social services unit as well as several other Swedish [...]
REPLACE ANTI-PARENT ACTIVIST AT PEACE SUMMIT SAYS PARENT GROUP
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2009
REPLACE ANTI-PARENT ACTIVIST AT PEACE SUMMIT SAYS PARENT GROUP
Edmonton – A parents’ group has asked for the replacement of one speaker booked for the Dalai Lama’s Heart-Mind Education discussion at the Vancouver Peace Summit. Kids First Parent Association of Canada reports that World Bank consultant Clyde Hertzman is funded by the [...]
