state laws
Ren Allen
"Sorry for butting in this thread... I just found out that we will be
moving
to Pennsylvania."
From what I've read, PA is the ONE state I would never move to. I know
there are unschoolers there, but it's a rough state for homeschoolers
overall.
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
moving
to Pennsylvania."
From what I've read, PA is the ONE state I would never move to. I know
there are unschoolers there, but it's a rough state for homeschoolers
overall.
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
S Drag-teine
Yes, I joined an unschooler list there - I don't know how anyone unschools
in PA. I think we are rethinking our moving plans.
Shannon
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ren Allen
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] state laws
"Sorry for butting in this thread... I just found out that we will be
moving
to Pennsylvania."
From what I've read, PA is the ONE state I would never move to. I know
there are unschoolers there, but it's a rough state for homeschoolers
overall.
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
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in PA. I think we are rethinking our moving plans.
Shannon
Melaleuca Customer
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ren Allen
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] state laws
"Sorry for butting in this thread... I just found out that we will be
moving
to Pennsylvania."
From what I've read, PA is the ONE state I would never move to. I know
there are unschoolers there, but it's a rough state for homeschoolers
overall.
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
Yahoo! Groups Links
Deb
--- In [email protected], "S Drag-teine"
<dragteine@...> wrote:
not too bad to work with from a glance at the laws and I know folks
there don't seem to have many problems. Maryland also doesn't seem
to be too bad to work with looking at the laws. West VA looks a
little heavy on "approval" from the school district. DE looks pretty
easy also. NY of course has lots of regulation but it is possible to
unschool and there are a lot of unschoolers there already. Those are
all states bordering PA, if you are wanting to be near PA (for
visiting family and such). MD and NJ are both relatively easy drives
from the Gettysburg area (half a day or less depending on where
you're heading). Too long for a daily commute but close enough to
pop over and visit frequently. Or, you could come on up here to CT -
no hs laws at all (that is, homeschooling is never mentioned in any
statute - all parents have the same right/responsibility to educate
their children - parents choose how to meeet that responsibility
whether public school, private school or home school.)
--Deb
<dragteine@...> wrote:
>NJ is simple, no paperwork required at all. On the other side is OH -
> Yes, I joined an unschooler list there - I don't know how anyone
>unschools
> in PA. I think we are rethinking our moving plans.
>
> Shannon
> Melaleuca Customer
not too bad to work with from a glance at the laws and I know folks
there don't seem to have many problems. Maryland also doesn't seem
to be too bad to work with looking at the laws. West VA looks a
little heavy on "approval" from the school district. DE looks pretty
easy also. NY of course has lots of regulation but it is possible to
unschool and there are a lot of unschoolers there already. Those are
all states bordering PA, if you are wanting to be near PA (for
visiting family and such). MD and NJ are both relatively easy drives
from the Gettysburg area (half a day or less depending on where
you're heading). Too long for a daily commute but close enough to
pop over and visit frequently. Or, you could come on up here to CT -
no hs laws at all (that is, homeschooling is never mentioned in any
statute - all parents have the same right/responsibility to educate
their children - parents choose how to meeet that responsibility
whether public school, private school or home school.)
--Deb
reina scheiber-loeis
>>> NY of course has lots of regulation but it is possible tounschool and there are a lot of unschoolers there already.
i've heard that NY homeschoolers have to pass tests at some point. i think
that 5th grade is one, then every year in junior and highschool. does anyone
have a link for more info?
what do unschoolers do with these tests???
reina.
Deb
--- In [email protected], "reina scheiber-loeis"
<rloeis@...> wrote:
them or flip a coin to answer questions that aren't right on the top
of your (the test taker's) head or whatever, that makes it obvious
to you (the test taker) that it really isn't saying anything about
YOU. The composite score on the test (there are 5 to choose from,
can be adminstered at a place of the parents' choosing) has to be
above the 33rd percentile - not 33% correct but 33rd percentile.
That means that of 100 people taking that test, you have to do
better than 33 of those people. So, if you score 10 correct on a
test with 100 questions (10%) but 32 people taking the same test at
the same timeframe get 8 correct, you are in the 33rd percentile and
NY says "OK".
http://sandradodd.com/tests has some ideas for invalidating tests.
--Deb
<rloeis@...> wrote:
>i >think
> >>> NY of course has lots of regulation but it is possible to
> unschool and there are a lot of unschoolers there already.
>
> i've heard that NY homeschoolers have to pass tests at some point.
> that 5th grade is one, then every year in junior and highschool.take and invalidate them. If you simply take 5 extra minutes to do
>does anyone
> have a link for more info?
>
> what do unschoolers do with these tests???
>
> reina.
>
them or flip a coin to answer questions that aren't right on the top
of your (the test taker's) head or whatever, that makes it obvious
to you (the test taker) that it really isn't saying anything about
YOU. The composite score on the test (there are 5 to choose from,
can be adminstered at a place of the parents' choosing) has to be
above the 33rd percentile - not 33% correct but 33rd percentile.
That means that of 100 people taking that test, you have to do
better than 33 of those people. So, if you score 10 correct on a
test with 100 questions (10%) but 32 people taking the same test at
the same timeframe get 8 correct, you are in the 33rd percentile and
NY says "OK".
http://sandradodd.com/tests has some ideas for invalidating tests.
--Deb
S Drag-teine
I for one don't like tests and at this point we have talked about it and my
son doesn't want to do them. I will of course ask him as it gets closer to
third grade if we are still in Maryland but that is one of the things that
turned me away from PA - forced testing.
Do any unschoolers in areas that it is optional to do the test have your
child take a dice with them to take the test? Or any of the other
suggestions?
Shannon
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deb
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: state laws
--- In [email protected], "reina scheiber-loeis"
<rloeis@...> wrote:
them or flip a coin to answer questions that aren't right on the top
of your (the test taker's) head or whatever, that makes it obvious
to you (the test taker) that it really isn't saying anything about
YOU. The composite score on the test (there are 5 to choose from,
can be adminstered at a place of the parents' choosing) has to be
above the 33rd percentile - not 33% correct but 33rd percentile.
That means that of 100 people taking that test, you have to do
better than 33 of those people. So, if you score 10 correct on a
test with 100 questions (10%) but 32 people taking the same test at
the same timeframe get 8 correct, you are in the 33rd percentile and
NY says "OK".
http://sandradodd.com/tests has some ideas for invalidating tests.
--Deb
Yahoo! Groups Links
son doesn't want to do them. I will of course ask him as it gets closer to
third grade if we are still in Maryland but that is one of the things that
turned me away from PA - forced testing.
Do any unschoolers in areas that it is optional to do the test have your
child take a dice with them to take the test? Or any of the other
suggestions?
Shannon
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deb
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: state laws
--- In [email protected], "reina scheiber-loeis"
<rloeis@...> wrote:
>i >think
> >>> NY of course has lots of regulation but it is possible to
> unschool and there are a lot of unschoolers there already.
>
> i've heard that NY homeschoolers have to pass tests at some point.
> that 5th grade is one, then every year in junior and highschool.take and invalidate them. If you simply take 5 extra minutes to do
>does anyone
> have a link for more info?
>
> what do unschoolers do with these tests???
>
> reina.
>
them or flip a coin to answer questions that aren't right on the top
of your (the test taker's) head or whatever, that makes it obvious
to you (the test taker) that it really isn't saying anything about
YOU. The composite score on the test (there are 5 to choose from,
can be adminstered at a place of the parents' choosing) has to be
above the 33rd percentile - not 33% correct but 33rd percentile.
That means that of 100 people taking that test, you have to do
better than 33 of those people. So, if you score 10 correct on a
test with 100 questions (10%) but 32 people taking the same test at
the same timeframe get 8 correct, you are in the 33rd percentile and
NY says "OK".
http://sandradodd.com/tests has some ideas for invalidating tests.
--Deb
Yahoo! Groups Links
Danielle Conger
S Drag-teine wrote:
beautiful state. That said, when dh and I were looking for homes on our
last move, I flatly refused to cross into the PA border. I'm about 10
minutes south of it, at most. Of course, it helped that dh had no desire
to go further north anyway.
--
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
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"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
> Yes, I joined an unschooler list there - I don't know how anyone unschoolsHaving grown up in PA myself (Chester County), I can tell you it's a
> in PA. I think we are rethinking our moving plans.
beautiful state. That said, when dh and I were looking for homes on our
last move, I flatly refused to cross into the PA border. I'm about 10
minutes south of it, at most. Of course, it helped that dh had no desire
to go further north anyway.
--
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
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"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
S Drag-teine
I was born and raised in Maryland but we have a cabin in Dauphin, PA. It
sits right on Stoney Creek that goings in or comes out of the Susquehanna.
It was a magickal part of my childhood. As the area that I live in becomes
more city and less rural, DH's uncle has a place that is some where in
between but at least less city then where we are but I think we will settle
for Carroll County if we can find something in our price range.
Shannon
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Danielle Conger
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 4:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] state laws
S Drag-teine wrote:
beautiful state. That said, when dh and I were looking for homes on our
last move, I flatly refused to cross into the PA border. I'm about 10
minutes south of it, at most. Of course, it helped that dh had no desire
to go further north anyway.
--
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
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sits right on Stoney Creek that goings in or comes out of the Susquehanna.
It was a magickal part of my childhood. As the area that I live in becomes
more city and less rural, DH's uncle has a place that is some where in
between but at least less city then where we are but I think we will settle
for Carroll County if we can find something in our price range.
Shannon
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Danielle Conger
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 4:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] state laws
S Drag-teine wrote:
> Yes, I joined an unschooler list there - I don't know how anyone unschoolsHaving grown up in PA myself (Chester County), I can tell you it's a
> in PA. I think we are rethinking our moving plans.
beautiful state. That said, when dh and I were looking for homes on our
last move, I flatly refused to cross into the PA border. I'm about 10
minutes south of it, at most. Of course, it helped that dh had no desire
to go further north anyway.
--
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
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I grew up in PA too (Montgomery County). We just moved back to the east
coast from Arizona a little over 2 years ago. We were planning to move
back to PA, and I'm so glad after hearing all this that we settled in
Virginia.
Gayle
Faye (5 1/2), Annika (4 in May)
S Drag-teine wrote:
beautiful state. That said, when dh and I were looking for homes on our
last move, I flatly refused to cross into the PA border. I'm about 10
minutes south of it, at most. Of course, it helped that dh had no desire
to go further north anyway.
--
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
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"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
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coast from Arizona a little over 2 years ago. We were planning to move
back to PA, and I'm so glad after hearing all this that we settled in
Virginia.
Gayle
Faye (5 1/2), Annika (4 in May)
S Drag-teine wrote:
> Yes, I joined an unschooler list there - I don't know how anyoneunschools
> in PA. I think we are rethinking our moving plans.Having grown up in PA myself (Chester County), I can tell you it's a
beautiful state. That said, when dh and I were looking for homes on our
last move, I flatly refused to cross into the PA border. I'm about 10
minutes south of it, at most. Of course, it helped that dh had no desire
to go further north anyway.
--
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (7), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
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