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PURCELLVILLE, Virginia, Feb. 4 / Christian Newswire / — Representative Judith Day is the sole sponsor of legislation that would radically rewrite the testing and assessment portion of the New Hampshire homeschool law.

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Homeschool Freedom Under Fire in New Hampshire (Christian News Wire)

In December, the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics released new estimates on the number of American families homeschooling their children. The new report shows the growing popularity of homeschooling.

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Homeschooling Sees Dramatic Rise in Popularity (Heritage Foundation)

Read Alouds 2009:Amazon.com WidgetsTuesday, January 27, 2009 9:56 AM in » Books, Movies, Television, Homeschooling Academics | Post a CommentName (required)E-mail (will not be published) (required)WebsiteComments for this post will be closed on 16 February 2009.

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Our Read Aloud: Stuart Little

Almost 90% Want School Choice! Nearly nine of ten Oregonians would opt out of regular public schools -Survey results find strong support for school choice among Democrats, Independents, Republicans- http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe861274726c037b76&m=fef71276756301&ls=fe0415727161047e77127176&l=fec51c787365047e&s=fe31107171660779701477&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe5612717c610475761d Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:42 AM in » Homeschooling Controversy, Public School

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Almost 90% Want School Choice!

Reader Letter I recently received this letter and have been given permission to post it. I appreciate her perspective as a public school teacher. I pray she has a great pregnancy and thoroughly enjoys the gift of motherhood. “…My husband and I are currently expecting our first baby (due in April!) I am so excited to be a mom and have been cruising the net reading parenting articles. I particularly enjoyed your website’s homeschooling articles. I teach high school in the inner city, and as a te

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Reader Letter

Homeschooler: “Do you know your times tables?” and “No more talking” Last night at Tae Kwon Do, a girl around eleven, asked N15 where he went to school. When he said he was homeschooled, she was shocked. A few minutes later, she came up to him and asked, “You are really homeschooled?” Then she began the questions. “Do you have any friends? Who teaches you? Did she used to be a teacher?” And then the funniest question N15 has ever been asked, “Do you know your times tables?” N15 has finished alg

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Homeschooler: “Do you know your times tables?” and “No more talking”

8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School I could have especially used #1. (Although the first recommended book didn’t help me at my age.) 8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/10/21/8-essential-skills-they-didn-t-teach-you-in-school.aspx Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:26 AM in » Books, Movies, Television, Homeschooling Academics, Inspiration

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8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School

Reminder “Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” Plato Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:10 AM in » Homeschooling Academics, Homeschooling Controversy

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Reminder

Public Schools Teaching About “The One” Reason #99,999,988 to homeschool: Obama-fied textbooks http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/14/reason-9999988-to-homeschool-obama-fied-textbooks/ School textbook promotes Obama http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77957 Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:14 PM in » Homeschooling Controversy, Politics

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Public Schools Teaching About “The One”

“Threat to America” “Liberal Democrat Mark Warner calls the NRA, people of faith, pro-lifers and home schoolers a threat to America.” “It’s made up of the Christian coalition.” “It’s made up of the right-to-lifers.” “It’s made up of the NRA.” “It’s made up of the homeschoolers.” Hat Tip: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2008/10/07/will-media-ignore-mark-warners-obama-gaffe-gun-owners-religious-voters Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:45 PM in » Homeschooling Controversy, Politics

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“Threat to America”