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I so much didn’t want to touch this case in North Carolina in which a judge ordered children into public school. It seemed to me from the beginning to be a family matter…a divorce case. A case in which the parents couldn’t agree on the education of their minor children for whatever reason. I wasn’t really surprised that the judge would side with the father who wanted the children in public school, but as annoying as that may be, it didn’t seem precedent setting for those of us who plan to sta

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What if the NC judge’s ruling against homeschooling is the best possible?

I blogged the other day about a North Carolina judge’s decision in a custody case. The case is being portrayed in the press as a religious conflict, in which the judge based his decision to deprive a mother of custody in part on the fact that she was teaching the children creationism. I suggested in my earlier post that the story sounded suspicious to me, largely because all we were given in the reports were quotes from the mother herself. We now have a written decision from the judge and it

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More on The Homeschooling Decision

Another from our friend Bubba: A North Carolina judge has ordered three children to attend public schools this fall because the homeschooling their mother has provided over the last four years needs to be “challenged.” The children, however, have tested above their grade levels – by as much as two years. The decision is raising eyebrows among homeschooling

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You will all become one with the Borg

Decides children need more ‘focus’ despite testing above grade levels By Bob Unruh A North Carolina judge has ordered three children to attend public schools this fall because the homeschooling their mother has provided over the last four years needs to be “challenged.” The children, however, have tested above their grade levels – by as much as two years. The decision is raising eyebrows among homeschooling families, and one friend of the mother has launched a website to publicize

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Judge orders homeschoolers into public district classrooms

Laura writes: Elizabeth, in your daybook entry you said, “I’m also sensing that we’re in for a relaxed homeschooling season–I have a few children who have their own projects they want to pursue.” What does that mean? Have you abandoned the plans on Serendipity altogether? No. Actually, I haven’t abandoned Serendipity at all, except for the fact that I can’t quite get pretty lesson plans up for you all just yet. We’re still using it. Remember, we didn’t have a baby one day and get on with lif

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Relaxed Education at Home

Even after the holidays are over, Margot Davidson at Hillside Education continue her new ministry, Helping Those in Need. For the month of December, help will go to the Stephens family. Mandy is a homeschooling mother whose husband has been diagnosed with a neurological disease that has been rapidly deteriorating. Mandy says that has embraced his faith in an inspiring way–as never before–as he struggles with the disease. He is in incredible pain. You can well imagine the strain that dealing

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Helping Those in Need

After being elected the next Organizer of the NY Tech Meetup, I thought it would be a good time to write tributes the Organizers who have been most influential in shaping my interest in and philosophy of organizing. I’m starting my “Ode to Organizers” series by recognizing my mother, Debbie Westheimer. The single most influential community organizer in my life has been my mom. No joke! When my family decided to home school in the mid-80s, there were no secular home school support groups in th

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Ode to the Organizers: Debbie Westheimer