Re: 2224 -- for Joyce
Luz Shosie and Ned Vare
on 8/10/02 9:25 AM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:
heads) that states engage in. The schools gather the information for the
state. God only knows who else gets it, though. ("when a child reaches the
age of 7," they already know the age (7) because they contact you, and the
names probably, and your address and lots more. Social workers get lots of
information in hospital maternity wards every day) They are the gov't,
remember.
I've just heard a first rumor of a new national law that will allow the
schools to "track" and keep much information on all children for the US
Dept of Labor.
Ned to Joyce:
It seems to come up often enough to warrant some facts instead of guessing.
It might help everyone to know how their state compares to the others in
their different regulations put on homeschoolers.
Sine this list has several hundred subscribers, could a simple way be
created that would show which state really are "easy" and which are
restrictive or highly regulated and demanding.
Texas usually comes up as easy, now Kansas. PA claims it's the worst
(hardest) and NY also sounds bad.
What do you think about having each of us who's willing, summarize the
requirements made in our various states. It would help with the guessing,
and might help people who want to work on those things and try to make life
easier for homeschooling -- with the ultimate goal of making homeschoolers
seem less like second class citizens.
Ned Vare
[email protected] wrote:
>The above sounds like "enumeration" (something like the census -- counting
> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 05:44:08 EDT
> From: Dnowens@...
> Subject: Re: MA court case (was Re: 2219 Death from Religion)
>
> In a message dated 8/10/02 4:08:58 AM Central Daylight Time, cen46624@...
> writes:
> We have it easy. Here in Kansas, when a child reaches the age of 7, you get
> (online or directly from the Kansas Board of Education) a form of intent. You
> fill out the name of your *home* school, your name, address, phone # (not
> required) and the name of your *keeper of records* (usually you) address,
> phone # (not required) That is it. You don't have to give your children's
> ages or names.
heads) that states engage in. The schools gather the information for the
state. God only knows who else gets it, though. ("when a child reaches the
age of 7," they already know the age (7) because they contact you, and the
names probably, and your address and lots more. Social workers get lots of
information in hospital maternity wards every day) They are the gov't,
remember.
I've just heard a first rumor of a new national law that will allow the
schools to "track" and keep much information on all children for the US
Dept of Labor.
Ned to Joyce:
It seems to come up often enough to warrant some facts instead of guessing.
It might help everyone to know how their state compares to the others in
their different regulations put on homeschoolers.
Sine this list has several hundred subscribers, could a simple way be
created that would show which state really are "easy" and which are
restrictive or highly regulated and demanding.
Texas usually comes up as easy, now Kansas. PA claims it's the worst
(hardest) and NY also sounds bad.
What do you think about having each of us who's willing, summarize the
requirements made in our various states. It would help with the guessing,
and might help people who want to work on those things and try to make life
easier for homeschooling -- with the ultimate goal of making homeschoolers
seem less like second class citizens.
Ned Vare
[email protected]
Sine this list has several hundred subscribers, could a simple way be
created that would show which state really are "easy" and which are
restrictive or highly regulated and demanding.
Home-Ed Magazine has a comprehensive listing with all the states rules &
regs.
Here's the link:
http://www.unschooling.com/resources/states/index.shtml
It's right here on unschooling.com actually which is run by Home Ed.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
created that would show which state really are "easy" and which are
restrictive or highly regulated and demanding.
Home-Ed Magazine has a comprehensive listing with all the states rules &
regs.
Here's the link:
http://www.unschooling.com/resources/states/index.shtml
It's right here on unschooling.com actually which is run by Home Ed.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein