Wendy Silver

Hello,
If anyone is involved in h.s state sponsored programs, or is knowledgeable
of them, or has an opinion, please write to me at wew99@.... Our
local districts haven't done anything to entice the homeschooling community,
but one is asking questions, and if they are going to implement a program, I
would like to offer them favorable examples or ideas.
Wendy

Helen Hegener

At 1:21 PM -0500 12/27/01, Wendy Silver wrote:
>Hello,
> If anyone is involved in h.s state sponsored programs, or is knowledgeable
>of them, or has an opinion, please write to me at wew99@.... Our
>local districts haven't done anything to entice the homeschooling community,
>but one is asking questions, and if they are going to implement a program, I
>would like to offer them favorable examples or ideas.
>Wendy

There is a long-running discussion of this topic on this list:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PPSP-H/

Public and Private Schools and Homeschooling (PPSP-H), sponsored by
Home Education Magazine (HEM), was created for the discussion of
issues relating to public and private school programs which are
directed at and marketed to homeschooling families.

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The archives of that list comprise what is probably the most in-depth
examination of the issues surrounding these programs available
anywhere.

Helen

Helen Hegener

The bookmarks area of that list offers one of the most comprehensive
collections of articles, essays, faqs and more on the subject of
public schools marketing their programs to homeschoolers:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PPSP-H/links/Home_Education_Magaz_000979063069/

For example, here's the collection from Home Education Magazine, all
available online (a sloppy cut and paste, please forgive the
formatting messies):

A Homeschooler Is a Homeschooler Is a...
Letter to the editor from Mary Griffith, May/June, 1998: "We don't
need to divide ourselves into yet another Us and Them, Real
Homeschoolers and Pretend Homeschoolers
http://www.ns.net/~mgriff/essays/homily.html

Larry and Susan Kaseman, Taking Charge Column, Nov/Dec, 1997
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/HEM146.97/146.97_clmn_tkch.html

Homeschoolers, Is Our Good Name for Sale?
Larry and Susan Kaseman, Taking Charge Column, Sept/Oct, 2000
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/175/tch.html

Homeschooling in Public Schools: A Dangerous Oxymoron
Larry and Susan Kaseman, Taking Charge Column, Jan/Feb, 1999
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/HEM161.99/161.99_clmn_tch.html

Labeling Publicly Funded Programs for Homeschooling, by Christine Webb
From a feature section on the subject, Sept/Oct, 1998
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/HEM155.98/155.98_art_w-psap.html

National Homeschool Association Roundtable, 1996
Jan/Feb, 1997: "Government programs to supplement homeschoolers'
educational resources (by providing services or funding) would have
accountability strings attached."
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/HEM141.97/141.97_art_nhar.html

Psst! Homeschooler, Have I Got a Carrot for You!
Linda Dobson's NewsWatch column, July/Aug, 1997 (part two; part one
is not online)
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/HEM154.98/154.98_clmn_nws.html

Public School Programs and our Communities, by Janie Levine
From a feature section on the subject, Sept/Oct, 1998
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/HEM155.98/155.98_art_l-psap.html

The Third Great Lie, by Chris Cardiff
Feature article, Nov/Dec, 1996
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/136/cardiff.html

The Third Great Lie: Response, by Cathy Earle
A letter to the editors, by Cathy Earle, Jan/Feb, 1997
http://www.cahomeschoolnet.org/counterp.htm

Helen Hegener, Managing Editor
Home Education Magazine
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