HEM News & Commentary - July 3, 2003
Home Education Magazine
HEM News & Commentary - July 3, 2003
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/whts_nw.html
Compiled and edited by Ann Lahrson Fisher
In this Issue:
"Lower Test Scores Across the Board"
"No Schooling" Is Not Homeschooling
Accolades to Stellar Kids
Legal and Legislative News
Charter, Alternative Education, Cyber-schools, Etc.
Military Changes
"All the Hubbub About Home Schooling"
Homeschooling Spinoff?
WSFH Discussion
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"No Schooling" Is Not Homeschooling
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Headline: Accountability for Home Schooling
http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/105680178836901.xml
In his response to homeschooling activist Christine Webb's June 23rd
letter to the Oregonian (noted here last issue), on June 28, Richard
A. Gano, a retired high school counselor, writes: "...students being
brought back into the school setting who had spent several years of
what I call "No Schooling," ...and now it was the school's problem to
get them caught up. If public schools are expected to be
accountable, so should home-schooling parents."
Ann: Maybe this retired educator has forgotten that the public school
mandate is to offer appropriate education to students of every
ability, not just those who reach a certain level. As for
accountability, it makes no sense for homeschooling parents to be
accountable to a system that fails its enrolled students at such a
high rate.
To read the rest of this NewsComm issue, click here:
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/whts_nw.html
HEM News & Commentary is a weekly report on what's happening in the
world of homeschooling. Gleanings from the news media, accolades and
pans, hot discussions, legal and legislative successes and problems -
all are fair game, and gathered in one column for your convenience.
And just in case you don't have the time to read every word in print,
we will summarize and discuss key news and trends that we think are
the most provocative or that may have the greatest impact on the
future of homeschooling.
This service is available free. Archives can be accessed at
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/nc/newscommentary.html
The weekly updates will additionally be announced on HEM's discussion
lists. You'll find a print version - the highlights of these reports
- in a column by the same name in Home Education Magazine.
Your opinions and feedback are always welcome. Contact me.
Ann Lahrson-Fisher
HEM News & Commentary
mailto:newscomm@...
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/whts_nw.html
Compiled and edited by Ann Lahrson Fisher
In this Issue:
"Lower Test Scores Across the Board"
"No Schooling" Is Not Homeschooling
Accolades to Stellar Kids
Legal and Legislative News
Charter, Alternative Education, Cyber-schools, Etc.
Military Changes
"All the Hubbub About Home Schooling"
Homeschooling Spinoff?
WSFH Discussion
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"No Schooling" Is Not Homeschooling
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Headline: Accountability for Home Schooling
http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/105680178836901.xml
In his response to homeschooling activist Christine Webb's June 23rd
letter to the Oregonian (noted here last issue), on June 28, Richard
A. Gano, a retired high school counselor, writes: "...students being
brought back into the school setting who had spent several years of
what I call "No Schooling," ...and now it was the school's problem to
get them caught up. If public schools are expected to be
accountable, so should home-schooling parents."
Ann: Maybe this retired educator has forgotten that the public school
mandate is to offer appropriate education to students of every
ability, not just those who reach a certain level. As for
accountability, it makes no sense for homeschooling parents to be
accountable to a system that fails its enrolled students at such a
high rate.
To read the rest of this NewsComm issue, click here:
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/whts_nw.html
HEM News & Commentary is a weekly report on what's happening in the
world of homeschooling. Gleanings from the news media, accolades and
pans, hot discussions, legal and legislative successes and problems -
all are fair game, and gathered in one column for your convenience.
And just in case you don't have the time to read every word in print,
we will summarize and discuss key news and trends that we think are
the most provocative or that may have the greatest impact on the
future of homeschooling.
This service is available free. Archives can be accessed at
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/nc/newscommentary.html
The weekly updates will additionally be announced on HEM's discussion
lists. You'll find a print version - the highlights of these reports
- in a column by the same name in Home Education Magazine.
Your opinions and feedback are always welcome. Contact me.
Ann Lahrson-Fisher
HEM News & Commentary
mailto:newscomm@...