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**Homeschooling in the News, from the National Home Education Network**

July 4
Asheville Citizen-Times : Family takes trip around the country to educate
children
http://www.citizen-times.com/news/10607985.shtml
One homeschooling family's year-long journey around the United States.

July 2
Seattle Times : Letters to the editor
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?

slug=monlets02&date=20010702
Several letters in response to the op-ed piece the Times printed last week.

Hoosier Times : Home school numbers double
http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/2001/07/02/news.010702_HT_A1_DEH09567.sto?

PREVURI=%2Fstories%2F2001%2F07%2F02%2Findex
State figures show the number of area high-school students being home
schooled almost doubling in the past five years from 83 to 163 students.

July 1
Arizona Republic : Home schooling Special Report
The Arizona Republic published the following grouping of articles and
graphics:

Why I like being home-schooled
http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homeview.html
Article written by a 15 year old homeschooler.

Home schools: Nobody's watching
http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homeschool.html
"Arizona has no way to gauge the quality of home-schooling. Supporters, many
backed by conservative religious organizations, call that freedom; critics
call it irresponsibility."

Home schooling begins at the crack of yawn
http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homeside.html
A profile of the Lovera family's homeschooling. This is the family of the
author of the first person article, "Why I like being homeschooled" above.

Other states' home-school laws
http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homegraph1.html
Graphic showing the amount of regulation of homeschooling by state.

Number of home-schooled kids, ages 6-18
http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homegraph2.html

The Sunday Times (London) : Diary of a Home Educator
I know I'm doing right when an inspector calls
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/07/01/stiednedn01002.html
A homeschool parent's anxiety before the visit of an inspector.

June 29
Time : The ABC's of Home Schooling
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/morse/article/0,9565,165871,00.html
Columnist Jodie Morse attended a homeschool conference in Denver, and emerged
feeling that homeschooling was a possibility for her to consider in the
future.

Minor mentions:

July 4
Inland Empire Online : City hopes everybody joins on general plan
http://www.inlandempireonline.com/news/stories/070101/rplan.shtml

Arizona Republic : Districts take varying paths
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/0704stanford04.html

Seattle Times : Hiker up, walking after waterfall tumble
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?

slug=waterfallsurvivor04m&date=20010704

Washington Post : Md Teen Awaiting Penalty in Bomb Case
http://washingtonpost.com:80/wp-dyn/metro/md/A16019-2001Jul3.html

July 3
USA Today : 'It must be asked: Where was the dad?' Difficult questions haunt
father of drowned children
http://www.usatoday.com:80/usatonline/20010703/3452132s.htm

Courier News : Mother's suit alleges discrimination
http://www.c-n.com/news/c-n/story/0,2111,414826,00.html

July 2
Arizona Republic : Parents' marriage makes teen couple target
http://www.azcentral.com:80/offbeat/articles/0702ThreatenedTeens-ON.html

Honolulu Star-Bulletin : Attendees of vigil hope for rejection of gay
curriculum
http://starbulletin.com:80/2001/07/02/news/story5.html

Washington Post : Struggle Ends for 'Miracle Baby'
http://washingtonpost.com:80/wp-dyn/articles/A4450-2001Jun30.html

Albuquerque Tribune : Acting locally, thinking big
http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/news01/070201_news_terra.shtml

Flint Journal : Behind all festival fun lies hard work of carnie
http://fl.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/20010702f2a3carnies.frm

Odessa American : Odessa boy chosen for 'World' advisory board
http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw070201d.htm

July 1
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : Church, synagogue schools going forth and
multiplying
http://www.jsonline.com:80/news/ozwash/jul01/schools02070101.asp

Cincinnati Enquirer : 1st class leaves Cyber High
http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/07/01/loc_st_class_leaves.html

Seattle Times : Letourneau was only the start
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?

slug=brodeur01m&date=20010701

Tampa Tribune : Taking a Swing at Cystic Fibrosis
http://www.tampatrib.com/Sports/MGASGJTUKOC.html

June 29
Lansing State Journal : Lansing's magnet schools are attractive to students
http://www.lsjxtra.com/news/010629MAGNET.29.html

News-Gazette : Zoning board hears opinions in controversial barn case
http://www.newsgazette.com/story.cfm?Number=9642


Laura Derrick
National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org

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Molly Mahnke

We are getting ready to travel America just like the family in the news story.
We're converting a bus to fit our family of six. Hopefully by winter we'll be ready
to go!!
Buttons


--- HEM-Editor@... wrote:
> **Homeschooling in the News, from the National Home Education Network**
>
> July 4
> Asheville Citizen-Times : Family takes trip around the country to educate
> children
> http://www.citizen-times.com/news/10607985.shtml
> One homeschooling family's year-long journey around the United States.
>
> July 2
> Seattle Times : Letters to the editor
> http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?
>
> slug=monlets02&date=20010702
> Several letters in response to the op-ed piece the Times printed last week.
>
> Hoosier Times : Home school numbers double
> http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/2001/07/02/news.010702_HT_A1_DEH09567.sto?
>
> PREVURI=%2Fstories%2F2001%2F07%2F02%2Findex
> State figures show the number of area high-school students being home
> schooled almost doubling in the past five years from 83 to 163 students.
>
> July 1
> Arizona Republic : Home schooling Special Report
> The Arizona Republic published the following grouping of articles and
> graphics:
>
> Why I like being home-schooled
> http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homeview.html
> Article written by a 15 year old homeschooler.
>
> Home schools: Nobody's watching
> http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homeschool.html
> "Arizona has no way to gauge the quality of home-schooling. Supporters, many
> backed by conservative religious organizations, call that freedom; critics
> call it irresponsibility."
>
> Home schooling begins at the crack of yawn
> http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homeside.html
> A profile of the Lovera family's homeschooling. This is the family of the
> author of the first person article, "Why I like being homeschooled" above.
>
> Other states' home-school laws
> http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homegraph1.html
> Graphic showing the amount of regulation of homeschooling by state.
>
> Number of home-schooled kids, ages 6-18
> http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/education/0701homegraph2.html
>
> The Sunday Times (London) : Diary of a Home Educator
> I know I'm doing right when an inspector calls
> http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/07/01/stiednedn01002.html
> A homeschool parent's anxiety before the visit of an inspector.
>
> June 29
> Time : The ABC's of Home Schooling
> http://www.time.com/time/columnist/morse/article/0,9565,165871,00.html
> Columnist Jodie Morse attended a homeschool conference in Denver, and emerged
> feeling that homeschooling was a possibility for her to consider in the
> future.
>
> Minor mentions:
>
> July 4
> Inland Empire Online : City hopes everybody joins on general plan
> http://www.inlandempireonline.com/news/stories/070101/rplan.shtml
>
> Arizona Republic : Districts take varying paths
> http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/0704stanford04.html
>
> Seattle Times : Hiker up, walking after waterfall tumble
> http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?
>
> slug=waterfallsurvivor04m&date=20010704
>
> Washington Post : Md Teen Awaiting Penalty in Bomb Case
> http://washingtonpost.com:80/wp-dyn/metro/md/A16019-2001Jul3.html
>
> July 3
> USA Today : 'It must be asked: Where was the dad?' Difficult questions haunt
> father of drowned children
> http://www.usatoday.com:80/usatonline/20010703/3452132s.htm
>
> Courier News : Mother's suit alleges discrimination
> http://www.c-n.com/news/c-n/story/0,2111,414826,00.html
>
> July 2
> Arizona Republic : Parents' marriage makes teen couple target
> http://www.azcentral.com:80/offbeat/articles/0702ThreatenedTeens-ON.html
>
> Honolulu Star-Bulletin : Attendees of vigil hope for rejection of gay
> curriculum
> http://starbulletin.com:80/2001/07/02/news/story5.html
>
> Washington Post : Struggle Ends for 'Miracle Baby'
> http://washingtonpost.com:80/wp-dyn/articles/A4450-2001Jun30.html
>
> Albuquerque Tribune : Acting locally, thinking big
> http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/news01/070201_news_terra.shtml
>
> Flint Journal : Behind all festival fun lies hard work of carnie
> http://fl.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/20010702f2a3carnies.frm
>
> Odessa American : Odessa boy chosen for 'World' advisory board
> http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw070201d.htm
>
> July 1
> Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : Church, synagogue schools going forth and
> multiplying
> http://www.jsonline.com:80/news/ozwash/jul01/schools02070101.asp
>
> Cincinnati Enquirer : 1st class leaves Cyber High
> http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/07/01/loc_st_class_leaves.html
>
> Seattle Times : Letourneau was only the start
> http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?
>
> slug=brodeur01m&date=20010701
>
> Tampa Tribune : Taking a Swing at Cystic Fibrosis
> http://www.tampatrib.com/Sports/MGASGJTUKOC.html
>
> June 29
> Lansing State Journal : Lansing's magnet schools are attractive to students
> http://www.lsjxtra.com/news/010629MAGNET.29.html
>
> News-Gazette : Zoning board hears opinions in controversial barn case
> http://www.newsgazette.com/story.cfm?Number=9642
>
>
> Laura Derrick
> National Home Education Network
> http://www.nhen.org
>
> Permission is granted to forward or repost this digest or any links included
> in it.
>
> We try to pass along every news article in which homeschooling is mentioned,
> without censoring, including negative articles or unfortunate bits written
> about or associated with homeschooling. If you are offended by an article,
> or if you especially like an article, we encourage you to write the editor
> with your comments.
>
> Read articles from the current
> issue of Home Education Magazine:
> http://www.home-ed-magazine.com
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank emailing to:
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>

scrunchy

This sounds like fun.
Norma

Molly Mahnke wrote:

> We are getting ready to travel America just like the family in the
> news story.
> We're converting a bus to fit our family of six. Hopefully by winter
> we'll be ready
> to go!!
> Buttons
>


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