anyone in iowa
luana
Hi
I'm new to the group and currently living in Florida. We are moving to
Iowa in a couple of months to live on a small farm near my brother.
Iowa seems to have a lot more regulations on homeschooling than Florida
does. If anyone in the group is from Iowa, I could use some tips.
By the way, my family is now pressuring me to put my kids in public
school because Iowa schools are the best in the country!
Thanks, Luana
Mother of Samantha (8), Paige (5) and Luke (8 months).
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I'm new to the group and currently living in Florida. We are moving to
Iowa in a couple of months to live on a small farm near my brother.
Iowa seems to have a lot more regulations on homeschooling than Florida
does. If anyone in the group is from Iowa, I could use some tips.
By the way, my family is now pressuring me to put my kids in public
school because Iowa schools are the best in the country!
Thanks, Luana
Mother of Samantha (8), Paige (5) and Luke (8 months).
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Schafer Vanessa
Hi Luana,
I'm not in Iowa, but can offer you some things about
the schools.
I lived in Iowa my entire time I was in public
schools. I wouldn't put my kids in school there.
There are just as many problems in schools there, as
there is every where else.
We live in Michigan, in a smaller town. We were told
that the school system my kids were in, was the best.
We had tons of problems here, that nobody wanted to
address, and so we finally pulled the kids out of
school last year, they are 9 and 11. We are still
deschooling, and I am finding out more stuff that I
never new ( and I have been really active in the kids
lives) about, because they never told me.
To make a long story short, if you are happy with
homeschooling, then I would stick with it. I had some
pressure from friends, and some family members, about
leaving my kids in public schools, but did what I
fealt was best for my kids. They are so much more
happier, and feel safer, and feel free. I only wish I
would've know about homeschooling sooner.
I don't know Iowa laws, but you can looking it up on
the internet. I loved living in Iowa, and me and the
kids visit there quite often, in fact we are heading
there in less that two weeks, to spend 5 weeks with my
parents.
Take care, and good luck with your move.
---Vanessa
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I'm not in Iowa, but can offer you some things about
the schools.
I lived in Iowa my entire time I was in public
schools. I wouldn't put my kids in school there.
There are just as many problems in schools there, as
there is every where else.
We live in Michigan, in a smaller town. We were told
that the school system my kids were in, was the best.
We had tons of problems here, that nobody wanted to
address, and so we finally pulled the kids out of
school last year, they are 9 and 11. We are still
deschooling, and I am finding out more stuff that I
never new ( and I have been really active in the kids
lives) about, because they never told me.
To make a long story short, if you are happy with
homeschooling, then I would stick with it. I had some
pressure from friends, and some family members, about
leaving my kids in public schools, but did what I
fealt was best for my kids. They are so much more
happier, and feel safer, and feel free. I only wish I
would've know about homeschooling sooner.
I don't know Iowa laws, but you can looking it up on
the internet. I loved living in Iowa, and me and the
kids visit there quite often, in fact we are heading
there in less that two weeks, to spend 5 weeks with my
parents.
Take care, and good luck with your move.
---Vanessa
--- luana <luana@...> wrote:
> Hi____________________________________________________________________________________
>
> I'm new to the group and currently living in
> Florida. We are moving to
> Iowa in a couple of months to live on a small farm
> near my brother.
> Iowa seems to have a lot more regulations on
> homeschooling than Florida
> does. If anyone in the group is from Iowa, I could
> use some tips.
>
>
>
> By the way, my family is now pressuring me to put my
> kids in public
> school because Iowa schools are the best in the
> country!
>
>
>
> Thanks, Luana
>
> Mother of Samantha (8), Paige (5) and Luke (8
> months).
>
>
>
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> removed]
>
>
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Fetteroll
On Jun 2, 2007, at 2:08 PM, luana wrote:
By what standards are they judging "best"? Someone has determined the
goal and developed an assessment of how well schools are meeting that
goal.
What's the goal?
What's the assessment?
If the goal is doing well on achievement tests, is that *your* goal
for your kids? Do you want a process that will turn your kids into
whizzes at taking a particular standardized test?
Then you should seek out the school that does that really well.
Unschooling is about living happy, rich lives full of freedom. If
that's the goal there isn't a single school in the US doing as well
as an unschooling home. In that case, unschooling is the best.
That's the problem with words like best and good. They're an
assessment of how well something is performing to someone's
standards. When people talk about good and best and bad and worst, we
can get caught in the trap of thinking that we're all talking about
the same foundation of standards. We all know what a good child is,
don't we? But an authoritarian parent might think a good child is an
obedient child. They might think the best method of parenting is a
spanking done without anger.
So what do they mean by "best"?
Joyce
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> By the way, my family is now pressuring me to put my kids in publicThe best of something bad for kids doesn't make it good!
> school because Iowa schools are the best in the country!
By what standards are they judging "best"? Someone has determined the
goal and developed an assessment of how well schools are meeting that
goal.
What's the goal?
What's the assessment?
If the goal is doing well on achievement tests, is that *your* goal
for your kids? Do you want a process that will turn your kids into
whizzes at taking a particular standardized test?
Then you should seek out the school that does that really well.
Unschooling is about living happy, rich lives full of freedom. If
that's the goal there isn't a single school in the US doing as well
as an unschooling home. In that case, unschooling is the best.
That's the problem with words like best and good. They're an
assessment of how well something is performing to someone's
standards. When people talk about good and best and bad and worst, we
can get caught in the trap of thinking that we're all talking about
the same foundation of standards. We all know what a good child is,
don't we? But an authoritarian parent might think a good child is an
obedient child. They might think the best method of parenting is a
spanking done without anger.
So what do they mean by "best"?
Joyce
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Becca
Iowa Schools are more strict a lot more strict then most states. I actually looked at moving there and decided not too cause of the homeschooling laws. Cant remeber all of them but it is an easy search on the net. My parents live there and homeschooled my sister. They had to use a curriculiam and constantly had to have someone in there... I cant remember everything. But I will say they did quit homeschooling and my sis went to the PS system there and she hated it. It was very clicky and to top it off when she graduated after she had atttended there for 3 years the supertendent mispronounced her name.... Sarai (sara+ i) pretty hard name lol...... We live in Kansas and the laws here are awesome. I personally dont want anyting more strict because this is what we are used too...
Becca
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Kelly Shultz
Luana, we travel to Iowa regularly, and so I joined a list that I
just mostly peruse occasionally for ideas on what to do when we're
there, but I know that they address your type of question there
regularly.
The list is IAUnschoolers, and here's the link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IAUnschoolers/
Good luck!
Kelly
just mostly peruse occasionally for ideas on what to do when we're
there, but I know that they address your type of question there
regularly.
The list is IAUnschoolers, and here's the link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IAUnschoolers/
Good luck!
Kelly
On Jun 2, 2007, at 1:08 PM, luana wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm new to the group and currently living in Florida. We are moving to
> Iowa in a couple of months to live on a small farm near my brother.
> Iowa seems to have a lot more regulations on homeschooling than
> Florida
> does. If anyone in the group is from Iowa, I could use some tips.
>
> By the way, my family is now pressuring me to put my kids in public
> school because Iowa schools are the best in the country!
>
> Thanks, Luana
>
> Mother of Samantha (8), Paige (5) and Luke (8 months).
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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Deb Lewis
Maybe I'm having a sun stroke - it's almost eighty degrees here and that's
hot for Montany.
But since I read the subject line I have that song from "State Fair" stuck
in my head, "All I Owe Iowa" or was it "Ioway?"
I don't know anything about schooling or unschooling there but I do know
you'll be good and gosh-darn sorry when you go. <g>
Deb Lewis, back to diggin' in the weed patch, singing, " I owe Iowa all I
owe and I know why.
I am Iowa born and bred, and on Iowa corn I'm fed,
Not to mention her barley, wheat, and rye!"
PS. Yeah, it must be sun stroke.
hot for Montany.
But since I read the subject line I have that song from "State Fair" stuck
in my head, "All I Owe Iowa" or was it "Ioway?"
I don't know anything about schooling or unschooling there but I do know
you'll be good and gosh-darn sorry when you go. <g>
Deb Lewis, back to diggin' in the weed patch, singing, " I owe Iowa all I
owe and I know why.
I am Iowa born and bred, and on Iowa corn I'm fed,
Not to mention her barley, wheat, and rye!"
PS. Yeah, it must be sun stroke.