Homeschoolers

How the web (and Newsvine) helped get me into Princeton

Mon May 9, 2011 8:32 PM EDT

It was a small blurb in an unobtrusive sidebar in a 2006 issue of PC World. It advertised a citizen journalism site, where "anyone can write their own column". I loved technology, I loved writing, and I loved sharing my knowledge.

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newsvine, not-news, meta

Vote clears home-school program's charter path

Seeded on Sat Sep 4, 2010 12:19 AM EDT (registerguard.com)

Seeded by JoTigerlily

The Bethel School Board tossed HomeSource a lifeline Monday, giving the beleaguered home-schooling resource center a chance to become the district's first charter school.

education, oregon, family, charter-school, homeschool, homesource

Better Late Than Early -- Homeschooling

Seeded on Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:09 PM EDT (excellenceineducation.com)

Seeded by JoTigerlily

As children are pushed to achieve academic goals at earlier and earlier ages, the incidence of learning disabilities is growing at an alarming (some say epidemic) rate.

children, learning, education, school, homeschool, child-development, learning-disabilities, delayed-formal-education

Our 8 Year Old Son Still Doesn't Read And believe it or not, we aren't worried.

Seeded on Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:30 AM EDT ()

Seeded by Loretta Kemsley (Clipped by JoTigerlily)

By all accounts, we should be panic-stricken. Given our competitive society, many would no doubt feel we are highly irresponsible to let our son fall "so far behind." Surely, we must be desperately looking for advice on dealing with late readers.

education, unschooling, homeschooling, traditional-schooling

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Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief

Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:55 PM EST

By Calvin Tang (Clipped by JoTigerlily)

Many Newsviners know that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck the capital city of Haiti, devastating the city and killing or injuring thousands of residents there. Fewer Newsviners realize that they have earnings sitting in their accounts.

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haiti, earthquake, american-red-cross, philanthropy, world-news, disaster-relief, haiti-earthquake

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NH court orders home-schooled child into government-run school

Seeded on Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:06 PM EDT (New Hampshire Free Press)

Seeded by thecryingprophet (Clipped by A. H. Min)

A NH court has ordered a homeschooled child into a government school in order to expose her to different perspectives and world views. Has the court gone too far?

home, court, politics, school, government, new-hampshire, freedom-of-religion, homeschool, fascism, relgion

Did Mattel Turn Dora the Explorer into a Tramp?

Seeded on Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:58 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by newsguru

When toy maker Mattel, working with Nickelodeon, announced earlier this month that a "tween" version of Nick's beloved "Dora the Explorer" cartoon character would be unveiled in the fall, the response was overwhelming ... overwhelmingly negative.

business, tv, children, sex, television, mattel, toys, kids, babies, parents

12 Year Old Girl Speaks Out on Abortion

Seeded on Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:48 AM EST (YouTube)

Seeded by FestiveWarrior

"Even though you can't see or hear them at all, a person's a person; no matter how small." Horton

abortion, right-to-life, rights-of-the-unborn, voices-of-the-unborn

Schools Led by Obama's Education Secretary Designee Failed No-Child-Left-Behind Standard for Five Years

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:29 AM EST (CNSNews.com)

Seeded by Bodhi1

(CNSNews.com) – The Chicago Public Schools, whose superintendent, Arne Duncan, has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next education secretary, failed to meet the Illinois state standards set under the No Child Left Behind Act for the last five years.

politics, obama, no-child-left-behind, government-schools, arne-duncan