I Made the Deadline This Year
But just barely. Last year’s “year-end” post didn’t get written until we were literally hours into 2008. I’m on the ball this year though. Lots of changes for me this year! One big event is that I changed jobs. More accurately, I quit my job and got another one later. It was basically a case [...]
School Choice in Nashville
There’s a cool event going on at the Nashville Zoo next Thursday for those in the midstate area. The 2008 Friedman Legacy Event is a free event presented by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research in support of homeschool, charter school, and private school rights. They’re even providing chaperones so that your kids can have [...]
Homeschooling Ruled Illegal in California–Seriously
Last month I posted about a proposal in Nebraska that would mandate testing to homeschooling families. Today, thanks to Reason, I read an article in the LA Times stating that homeschooling has been ruled illegal by a California appellate court. “Parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children,” wrote Justice H. [...]
All Your Children Are Belong To Us
At least one state senator, DiAnna Schimek, in Nebraska thinks so. Her bill would require home-school students to take state-mandated tests or have their schoolwork assessed by an outside evaluator. If students‘ progress falls short academically, they would be sent to public or private schools. That’s ironic. One major factor in parents’ decision to homeschool [...]
